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Immigration Act 1971

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  1. Introductory TextNext Match

  2. Part I Regulation of Entry into and Stay in United KingdomPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 1. General principles. Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 2. Statement of right of abode in United Kingdom.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 2A.Deprivation of right of abodePrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 3. General provisions for regulation and control.Previous MatchNext Match

    5. 3A. Further provision as to leave to enter.Previous MatchNext Match

    6. 3B. Further provision as to leave to remain.Previous MatchNext Match

    7. 3C. Continuation of leave pending decision.Previous MatchNext Match

    8. 3D.Continuation of leave following revocationPrevious MatchNext Match

    9. 4. Administration of control.Previous MatchNext Match

    10. 5. Procedure for, and further provisions as to, deportation.Previous MatchNext Match

    11. 6. Recommendations by court for deportation.Previous MatchNext Match

    12. 7. Exemption from deportation for certain existing residents.Previous MatchNext Match

    13. 8. Exceptions for seamen, aircrews and other special cases.Previous MatchNext Match

    14. 8A. Persons ceasing to be exempt.Previous MatchNext Match

    15. 8B. Persons excluded from the United Kingdom under international obligations.Previous MatchNext Match

    16. 9. Further provisions as to common travel area.Previous MatchNext Match

    17. 10. Entry otherwise than by sea or air.Previous MatchNext Match

    18. 11. Construction of references to entry, and other phrases relating to travel.Previous MatchNext Match

  3. Part II AppealsPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. The appellate authoritiesPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 12. Immigration Appeal Tribunal and adjudicators. Previous MatchNext Match

    2. Appeals to adjudicator or Tribunal in first instancePrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 13. Appeals against exclusion from United Kingdom.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 14.Appeals against conditions.Previous MatchNext Match

      3. 15. Appeals in respect of deportation orders. Previous MatchNext Match

      4. 16. Appeals against validity of directions for removal.Previous MatchNext Match

      5. 17. Appeals against removal on objection to destination.Previous MatchNext Match

      6. 18. Notice of matters in respect of which there are rights of appeal.Previous MatchNext Match

      7. 19. Determination of appeals by adjudicators.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. Appeals from adjudicator to Tribunal, and review of decisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 20. Appeal to Tribunal from determination of adjudicator.Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 21. Reference of cases for further consideration.Previous MatchNext Match

    4. SupplementaryPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. 22. Procedure. Previous MatchNext Match

      2. 23. Financial support for organisations helping persons with rights of appeal.Previous MatchNext Match

  4. Part III Criminal ProceedingsPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 24. Illegal entry and similar offences.Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 24A. Deception.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 25. Assisting illegal entry, and harbouring.Previous MatchNext Match

    4. 25B. Assisting entry to United Kingdom in breach of deportation or exclusion orderPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 25C. Forfeiture of vehicle, ship or aircraftPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 25A. Detention of ships, aircraft and vehicles in connection with offences under section 25(1).Previous MatchNext Match

    7. 26. General offences in connection with administration of Act.Previous MatchNext Match

    8. 26A. Registration cardPrevious MatchNext Match

    9. 26B. Possession of immigration stampPrevious MatchNext Match

    10. 27. Offences by persons connected with ships or aircraft or with ports.Previous MatchNext Match

    11. 28. Proceedings.Previous MatchNext Match

    12. 28A. Arrest without warrant.Previous MatchNext Match

    13. 28AA. Arrest with warrantPrevious MatchNext Match

    14. 28B. Search and arrest by warrant.Previous MatchNext Match

    15. 28C. Search and arrest without warrant.Previous MatchNext Match

    16. 28CA. Business premises: entry to arrestPrevious MatchNext Match

    17. 28D. Entry and search of premises.Previous MatchNext Match

    18. 28E. Entry and search of premises following arrest.Previous MatchNext Match

    19. 28F. Entry and search of premises following arrest under section 25(1).Previous MatchNext Match

    20. 28FA. Search for personnel records: warrant unnecessaryPrevious MatchNext Match

    21. 28FB. Search for personnel records: with warrantPrevious MatchNext Match

    22. 28G. Searching arrested persons.Previous MatchNext Match

    23. 28H. Searching persons in police custody.Previous MatchNext Match

    24. 28I. Seized material: access and copying.Previous MatchNext Match

    25. 28J. Search warrants: safeguards.Previous MatchNext Match

    26. 28K. Execution of warrants.Previous MatchNext Match

    27. 28L. Interpretation of Part III.Previous MatchNext Match

  5. Part IV SupplementaryPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 29. Contributions for expenses of persons returning abroad.Previous MatchNext Match

    2. 30. Return of mental patients.Previous MatchNext Match

    3. 31. Expenses.Previous MatchNext Match

    4. 31A. Procedural requirements as to applications.Previous MatchNext Match

    5. 32. General provisions as to Orders in Council, etc.Previous MatchNext Match

    6. 33. Interpretation.Previous MatchNext Match

    7. 34. Repeal, transitional and temporary.Previous MatchNext Match

    8. 35. Commencement, and interim provisions.Previous MatchNext Match

    9. 36. Power to extend to Islands. Previous MatchNext Match

    10. 37. Short title and extent.Previous MatchNext Match

  6. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1Previous MatchNext Match

    2. SCHEDULE 2Previous MatchNext Match

      Administrative Provisions as to Control on Entry etc.Previous MatchNext Match

      1. Part I General ProvisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. Immigration officers and medical inspectorsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 1.(1) Immigration officers for the purposes of this Act shall...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. Examination by immigration officers, and medical examinationPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 2.(1) An immigration officer may examine any persons who have...Previous MatchNext Match

        3. Examination of persons who arrive with continuing leavePrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 2A.(1) This paragraph applies to a person who has arrived...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 3.(1) An immigration officer may examine any person who is...Previous MatchNext Match

        4. Information and documentsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 4.(1) It shall be the duty of any person examined...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 5.The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory...Previous MatchNext Match

        5. Notice of leave to enter or of refusal of leavePrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 6.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, where a person examined...Previous MatchNext Match

        6. Power to require medical examination after entryPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 7.(1) This paragraph applies if an immigration officer examining a...Previous MatchNext Match

        7. Removal of persons refused leave to enter and illegal entrantsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 8.(1) Where a person arriving in the United Kingdom is...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 9.(1) Where an illegal entrant is not given leave to...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 10.(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State either—...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 10A.Where directions are given in respect of a person under...Previous MatchNext Match

          5. 11.A person in respect of whom directions are given under...Previous MatchNext Match

        8. Seamen and aircrewsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 12.(1) If, on a person’s examination by an immigration officer...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 13.(1) Where a person being a member of the crew...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 14.(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State that...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 15.A person in respect of whom directions are given under...Previous MatchNext Match

        9. Detention of persons liable to examination or removalPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 16.(1) A person who may be required to submit to...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 17.(1) A person liable to be detained under paragraph 16...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 18.(1) Persons may be detained under paragraph 16 above in...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 19.(1) Where a person is refused leave to enter the...Previous MatchNext Match

          5. 20.(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, in either...Previous MatchNext Match

        10. Temporary admission or release of persons liable to detentionPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 21.(1) A person liable to detention or detained under paragraph...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 22.(1) The following, namely— (a) a person detained under paragraph...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 23.(1) Where a recognizance entered into under paragraph 22 above...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 24.(1) An immigration officer or constable may arrest without warrant...Previous MatchNext Match

          5. 25.The power to make rules of procedure conferred by section...Previous MatchNext Match

        11. Entry and search of premisesPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 25A.(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) a person is arrested...Previous MatchNext Match

        12. Searching persons arrested by immigration officersPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 25B.(1) This paragraph applies if a person is arrested under...Previous MatchNext Match

        13. Searching persons in police custodyPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 25C.(1) This paragraph applies if a person— Previous MatchNext Match

        14. Access and copyingPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 25D.(1) If a person showing himself— (a) to be the...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 25E.Section 28L applies for the purposes of this Schedule as...Previous MatchNext Match

        15. Supplementary duties of those connected with ships or aircraft or with portsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 26.(1) The owners or agents of a ship or aircraft...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 27.(1) The captain of a ship or aircraft arriving in...Previous MatchNext Match

        16. Supplementary duties of the ConcessionairesPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 27A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

        17. Passenger informationPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 27B.(1) This paragraph applies to ships or aircraft— Previous MatchNext Match

        18. Notification of non-EEA arrivalsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 27C.(1) If a senior officer, or an immigration officer authorised...Previous MatchNext Match

      2. Part II Effect of AppealsPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. Stay on directions for removalPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

        2. Grant of bail pending appealPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 29.(1) Where a person (in the following provisions of this...Previous MatchNext Match

        3. Restrictions on grant of bailPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 30.(1) An appellant shall not be released under paragraph 29...Previous MatchNext Match

        4. Forfeiture of recognizancesPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 31.(1) Where under paragraph 29 above (as it applies in...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 32.Where under paragraph 29 above (as it applies in Scotland)...Previous MatchNext Match

        5. Arrest of appellants released on bailPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 33.(1) An immigration officer or constable may arrest without warrant...Previous MatchNext Match

        6. Grant of bail pending removalPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 34.(1) Paragraph 22 above shall apply in relation to a...Previous MatchNext Match

    3. SCHEDULE 3Previous MatchNext Match

      Supplementary Provisions as to DeportationPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. Removal of persons liable to deportationPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 1.(1) Where a deportation order is in force against any...Previous MatchNext Match

      2. Detention or control pending deportationPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 2.(1) Where a recommendation for deportation made by a court...Previous MatchNext Match

      3. Effect of appealsPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 3.Part II of Schedule 2 to this Act, so far...Previous MatchNext Match

      4. Powers of courts pending deportationPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 4.Where the release of a person recommended for deportation is...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. 5.(1) On an application made— (a) by or on behalf...Previous MatchNext Match

        3. 6.(1) In this Schedule “the appropriate court” means, except in...Previous MatchNext Match

        4. 7.(1) A constable or immigration officer may arrest without warrant...Previous MatchNext Match

        5. 8.(1) A person arrested in England or Wales or Northern...Previous MatchNext Match

        6. 9.(1) A person arrested in Scotland in pursuance of paragraph...Previous MatchNext Match

        7. 10.Any justice of the peace or court before whom a...Previous MatchNext Match

    4. SCHEDULE 4Previous MatchNext Match

      Integration with United Kingdom Law of Immigration Law of IslandsPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. Leave to enterPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 1.(1) Where under the immigration laws of any of the...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. 2.Notwithstanding section 3(4) of this Act, leave given to a...Previous MatchNext Match

      2. DeportationPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 3.(1) This Act has effect in relation to a person...Previous MatchNext Match

      3. Illegal entrantsPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 4.Notwithstanding anything in section 1(3) of this Act, it shall...Previous MatchNext Match

    5. SCHEDULE 5Previous MatchNext Match

      The Adjudicators and the TribunalPrevious MatchNext Match

      1. Part I The AdjudicatorsPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 1.There shall be such number of adjudicators as the Lord...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. 2.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraphAn adjudicator...Previous MatchNext Match

        3. 3.[(1)] The Lord Chancellor shall pay— (a) to the adjudicators,...Previous MatchNext Match

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

        5. 5.The adjudicators shall sit at such times and in such...Previous MatchNext Match

      2. Part II The TribunalPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. MembersPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 6.The Tribunal shall consist of such number of members as...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 7.The president and such number of the other members of...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 8.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraphA member...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 9.[(1)]The Lord Chancellor shall pay— (a) to the members of...Previous MatchNext Match

          5. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Previous MatchNext Match

        2. ProceedingsPrevious MatchNext Match

          1. 11.For the purpose of hearing and determining appeals under Part...Previous MatchNext Match

          2. 12.Subject to rules of procedure, the Tribunal shall be deemed...Previous MatchNext Match

          3. 13.The Lord Chancellor may appoint members of the Tribunal who...Previous MatchNext Match

          4. 14.The president or, in his absence, the member qualified as...Previous MatchNext Match

      3. Part III Staff and ExpensesPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 15.The Lord Chancellor may appoint such officers and servants for...Previous MatchNext Match

        2. 16.The remuneration of officers and servants appointed as aforesaid, and...Previous MatchNext Match

    6. SCHEDULE 6Previous MatchNext Match

      RepealsPrevious MatchNext Match

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