The Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1982

Statutory Instruments

1982 No. 1028

IMMIGRATION

The Immigration (Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1982

Made

22nd July 1982

Laid before Parliament

30th July 1982

Coming into Operation

1st January 1983

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 9(2) and 32(1) of the Immigration Act 1971(1), I hereby make the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1983.

2.  In Article 4(1) of the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) Order 1972(2), for the words “any person who is not patrial” there shall be substituted the words “any person who does not have the right of abode in the United Kingdom under section 2 of the Act” (3).

W.S.I. Whitelaw

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

22nd July 1982

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article 4 of the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) Order 1972 provides that certain persons who are not patrial and who enter the United Kingdom from the Republic of Ireland after coming from a place outside the common travel area or after leaving the United Kingdom while having a limited leave to enter or remain there which has since expired are subject to certain restrictions and conditions as to the period for which they may remain and their employment or occupation. By virtue of amendments made to the Immigration Act 1971 by section 39 of and Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act 1981 which comes into force on 1st January 1983 (S.I. 1982/933) the term “patrial” no longer has any meaning. This Order amends Article 4 in consequence of those amendments.

(1)

section 9(2) is amended by the British Nationality Act 1981 (c.61), section 39(6) and Schedule 4, paragraph 2.

(2)

, amended by S.I. 1979/730, 1980/1859.

(3)

Section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 is substituted by section 39(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981.