Immigration Act 1971
PART IRegulation of Entry into and Stay in United Kingdom
1General principles
2Statement of right of abode, and related amendments as to citizenship by registration
3General provisions for regulation and control
4Administration of control
5Procedure for, and further provisions as to, deportation
6Recommendations by court for deportation
7Exemption from deportation for certain existing residents
8Exceptions for seamen, aircrews and other special cases
9Further provisions as to common travel area
10Entry otherwise than by sea or air
11Construction of references to entry, and other phrases relating to travel
PART IIAppeals
The appellate authorities
12Immigration Appeal Tribunal and adjudicators
Appeals to adjudicator or Tribunal in first instance
13Appeals against exclusion from United Kingdom
14Appeals against conditions
15Appeals in respect of deportation orders
16Appeals against validity of directions for removal
17Appeals against removal on objection to destination
18Notice of matters in respect of which there are rights of appeal
19Determination of appeals by adjudicators
Appeals from adjudicator to Tribunal, and review of decisions
20Appeal to Tribunal from determination of adjudicator
21Reference of cases for further consideration
Supplementary
22Procedure
23Financial support for organisations helping persons with rights of appeal
PART IIICriminal Proceedings
24Illegal entry and similar offences
25Assisting illegal entry, and harbouring
26General offences in connection with administration of Act
27Offences by persons connected with ships or aircraft or with ports
28Proceedings
PART IVSupplementary
29Contributions for expenses of persons returning abroad
30Return of mental patients
31Expenses
32General provisions as to Orders in Council, etc.
33Interpretation
34Repeal, transitional and temporary
35Commencement, and interim provisions
36Power to extend to Islands
37Short title and extent
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Registration as Citizen by reason of Residence, Crown Service etc.
1The law with respect to registration as a citizen of...
2Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 1 above or any repeal made...
3(1) A person in respect of whom a recommendation for...
4(1) Paragraph 2 above shall apply in relation to a...
5(1) It is hereby declared that this Schedule extends to...
APPENDIX A TO SCHEDULE 1Provisions to have effect as section 5A of British Nationality Act 1948
5A(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (5) and (6)...
APPENDIX B TO SCHEDULE 1Provisions to have effect as section 8(1A) and (1B) of British Nationality Act 1948
1AExcept in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man,...
1BSubject to subsection (1A) above, section 5A of this Act...
APPENDIX C TO SCHEDULE 1Provisions to have effect as section 9 of British Nationality Act 1948
9(1) A person registered under any of the three last...
SCHEDULE 2Administrative Provisions as to Control on Entry etc.
PART IGeneral Provisions
Immigration officers and medical inspectors
1(1) Immigration officers for the purposes of this Act shall...
Examination by immigration officers, and medical examination
2(1) An immigration officer may examine any persons who have...
3(1) An immigration officer may examine any person who is...
Information and documents
4(1) It shall be the duty of any person examined...
5The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory...
Notice of leave to enter or of refusal of leave
6(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, where a person examined...
Power to require medical examination after entry
7If, on a person's examination by an immigration officer under...
Removal of persons refused leave to enter and illegal entrants
8(1) Where a person arriving in the United Kingdom is...
9Where an illegal entrant is not given leave to enter...
10(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State either—...
11A person in respect of whom directions are given under...
Seamen and aircrews
12(1) If, on a person's examination by an immigration officer...
13(1) Where a person being a member of the crew...
14(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that...
15A person in respect of whom directions are given under...
Detention of persons liable to examination or removal
16(1) A person who may be required to submit to...
17(1) A person liable to be detained under paragraph 16...
18(1) Persons may be detained under paragraph 16 above in...
19(1) Where a person is refused leave to enter the...
20(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, in either...
Temporary admission or release of persons liable to detention
21(1) A person liable to detention or detained under paragraph...
22(1) A person detained under paragraph 16(1) above pending examination...
23(1) Where a recognizance entered into under paragraph 22 above...
24(1) An immigration officer or constable may arrest without warrant...
25The power to make rules of procedure conferred by section...
Supplementary duties of those connected with ships or aircraft or with ports
26(1) The owners or agents of a ship or aircraft...
27(1) The captain of a ship or aircraft arriving in...
PART IIEffect of Appeals
Stay on directions for removal
28(1) Where a person in the United Kingdom appeals under...
Grant of bail pending appeal
29(1) Where a person (in the following provisions of this...
Restrictions on grant of bail
30(1) An appellant shall not be released under paragraph 29...
Forfeiture of recognizances
31(1) Where under paragraph 29 above (as it applies in...
32Where under paragraph 29 above (as it applies in Scotland)...
Arrest of appellants released on bail
33(1) An immigration officer or constable may arrest without warrant...
SCHEDULE 3Supplementary Provisions as to Deportation
Removal of persons liable to deportation
1(1) Where a deportation order is in force against any...
Detention or control pending deportation
2(1) Where a recommendation for deportation made by a court...
Effect of appeals
3Part II of Schedule 2 to this Act, so far...
SCHEDULE 4Integration with United Kingdom Law of Immigration Law of Islands
Leave to enter
1(1) Where under the immigration laws of any of the...
2Notwithstanding section 3(4) of this Act, leave given to a...
Deportation
3(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, where under the immigration...
Illegal entrants
4Notwithstanding anything in section 1(3) of this Act, it shall...
SCHEDULE 5The Adjudicators and the Tribunal
PART IThe Adjudicators
1There shall be such number of adjudicators as the Secretary...
2(1) An adjudicator shall hold and vacate his office in...
3The Secretary of State shall pay— (a) to the adjudicators,...
4In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...
5The adjudicators shall sit at such times and in such...
PART IIThe Tribunal
Members
6The Tribunal shall consist of such number of members as...
7The president and such number of the other members of...
8(1) A member of the Tribunal shall hold and vacate...
9The Secretary of State shall pay— (a) to the members...
10In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...
Proceedings
11For the purpose of hearing and determining appeals under Part...
12Subject to rules of procedure, the Tribunal shall be deemed...
13The Lord Chancellor may appoint members of the Tribunal who...
14The president or, in his absence, the member qualified as...
PART IIIStaff and Expenses
15The Secretary of State may appoint such officers and servants...
16The remuneration of officers and servants appointed as aforesaid, and...
SCHEDULE 6Repeals

Immigration Act 1971

1971 Chapter 77

An Act to amend and replace the present immigration laws, to make certain related changes in the citizenship law and enable help to be given to those wishing to return abroad, and for purposes connected therewith.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—