2.—(1) For the purposes of the 1971 Act and the British Nationality Act 1981 M1, a person who has a permanent right of residence under regulation 15 shall be regarded as a person who is in the United Kingdom without being subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period for which he may remain.
(2) But a qualified person, the family member of a qualified person [F1, a person with a derivative right of residence] and a family member who has retained the right of residence shall not, by virtue of that status, be so regarded for those purposes.
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F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(2) inserted (16.7.2012) by The Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1547), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 22 (with Sch. 3)
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