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42(1)Section 20 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) (qualification to be Mayor or Assembly member) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (2)(a) before “Commonwealth” insert “ qualifying ”.

(3)After subsection (7) insert—

(7A)For the purposes of this section, a person is a qualifying Commonwealth citizen if he is a Commonwealth citizen who either—

(a)is not a person who requires leave under the Immigration Act 1971 to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or

(b)is such a person but for the time being has (or is, by virtue of any enactment, to be treated as having) indefinite leave to remain within the meaning of that Act.

(7B)But a person is not a qualifying Commonwealth citizen by virtue of subsection (7A)(a) if he does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom by virtue only of section 8 of the Immigration Act 1971 (exceptions to requirement for leave in special cases).

(4)In subsection (8), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant citizen of the Union” before “Commonwealth” insert “ qualifying ”.

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I1Sch. 1 para. 42 wholly in force at 1.7.2008; Sch. 1 para. 42 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 77; Sch. 1 para. 42 in force for E.W.S. at 1.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 14 (bb)(i) (subject to Sch. 2); Sch. 1 para. 42 in force for N.I. at 1.7.2008 by S.I. 2008/1316, arts. 2(2), 4(z)(i)

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