SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Amendments of the 1971 Act and the Immigration Act 1988

Interpretation

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In subsection (1) of section 33 of the 1971 Act (interpretation), for the definitions of “entrant” and “illegal entrant” there shall be substituted the following definitions—

entrant” means a person entering or seeking to enter the United Kingdom and “illegal entrant” means a person—

a

unlawfully entering or seeking to enter in breach of a deportation order or of the immigration laws, or

b

entering or seeking to enter by means which include deception by another person,

and includes also a person who has entered as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above;

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