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Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

1999 CHAPTER 33

An Act to make provision about immigration and asylum; to make provision about procedures in connection with marriage on superintendent registrar’s certificate; and for connected purposes.

[11th November 1999]

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:—

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C1Act modified (2.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2444, arts. 3, 4, Sch.

Act modified (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 32(7); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2

C3Act: a reference to a detention centre within the meaning of Pt. 8 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) to be construed as a reference to a removal centre within the meaning of that part (10.2.2003) by virtue of 2002 c. 41, ss. 66(4), 162(1)

C4Act: specified provisions extended (Jersey) (with modifications) (5.6.2003) by The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Jersey) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1252), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. (as amended (17.10.2012) by The Immigration and Asylum (Jersey) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2593), art. 4(2)) and (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Jersey) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/981), Sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 6)

C5Act specified provisions extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (11.12.2003) by The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Guernsey) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2900), art. 2, Sch.

C9Act applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/875), regs. 1(2), 16, Sch. 2 (amending S.I. was revoked (27.8.2010) by S.I. 2010/1906, reg. 2)

C10Act extended (Isle of Man) in part (with modifications) (13.3.2008 for specified purposes, 1.5.2008 in so far as not already in force) by Immigration (Isle of Man) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/680), art. 14, Sch. 6 (with art. 5, Sch. 2) (as amended (29.6.2011) by Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1408), Sch. paras. 4, 5)

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