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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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