UK Act of Parliament
1999
United Kingdom
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
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Before applying for leave to sell a transporter, the Secretary...
Where the owner of a transporter is a party to...
If leave for sale is given, the Secretary of State...
Failure to comply with any requirement of paragraph 2 or...
(1) Any proceeds of sale arising from a sale under...
The Immigration Appeal Tribunal
The Immigration Appeal Tribunal
The Immigration Appeal Tribunal
The Immigration Appeal Tribunal
The Immigration Appeal Tribunal
The Immigration Appeal Tribunal
The Immigration Appeal Tribunal
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Appeals
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(1) The Commissioner may make rules regulating any aspect of...
(1) This paragraph applies if the Commissioner refers a complaint...
(1) On an application made by the Commissioner a justice...
(1) The Commissioner is to be a corporation sole.
(1) The Commissioner— (a) is to hold office for a...
Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Commissioner is...
(1) There is to be paid to the Commissioner such...
If a person ceases to be the Commissioner, otherwise than...
(1) The Secretary of State may appoint a person to...
(1) Subject to obtaining the approval of the Secretary of...
(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies at any time when—
The Secretary of State may pay to the Commissioner—
(1) Subject to any general or specific directions given to...
(1) The Commissioner’s rules must be made or altered by...
(1) The Commissioner must— (a) keep proper accounts and proper...
(1) The Commissioner must, as soon as is practicable after...
A document purporting to be an instrument issued by the...
In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...
In Part III of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
In Schedule 2 of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments...
(1) The Commissioner must prepare and issue a code setting...
(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide for...
The Commissioner may carry out inspections of the activities and...
(1) The Commissioner must establish a scheme (“the complaints scheme”)...
(1) The complaints scheme must provide for a person who...
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(1) On determining a complaint under the complaints scheme, the...
(1) On determining a complaint under the complaints scheme, the...
(1) An application for registration under section 84(2)(a) ... must—...
(1) If the Commissioner considers that an applicant for registration...
(1) At such intervals as the Commissioner may determine, each...
The Commissioner may vary a person’s registration—
A person convicted of an offence under section 25 or...
The Commissioner must cancel a person's registration if—
(1) The First-tier Tribunal may, on an application made to...
No application under paragraph 1 or 3 is to be...
(1) The register must be made available for inspection by...
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Immigration Services Tribunal
The Secretary of State may by regulations make such further...
The regulations may make provision requiring a supported person to...
(1) The regulations may provide for the recovery by the...
The regulations may make provision with respect to procedural requirements...
(1) The regulations may provide, in connection with determining whether...
The regulations may make provision— (a) as to the circumstances...
The regulations may make provision for prescribed items or services...
The regulations may make provision requiring the Secretary of State,...
The regulations may make provision as to the valuation of...
The regulations may make provision for the Secretary of State...
(1) The regulations may make provision for the suspension or...
(1) The regulations may provide that if—
(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision...
(1) The regulations may make provision for the referral of...
The regulations may make provision requiring prescribed local authorities or...
The regulations may make provision for the procedure for making...
The regulations may make provision for an asylum-seeker or a...
A person entitled to support under the regulations is not...
“The interim period” means the period— (a) beginning on such...
(1) The regulations must provide for the question whether a...
Subsections (3) to (8) of section 95 apply for the...
The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which support for an...
The regulations may provide that support— (a) is to be...
The regulations may include provision— (a) as to the level...
The regulations may, in particular, require support to be provided...
The regulations may make provision that, in providing support, a...
The regulations may include provision— (a) prescribing particular areas, or...
(1) The regulations may make provision for the referral by...
Asylum Support Adjudicators
Asylum Support Adjudicators
Asylum Support Adjudicators
Asylum Support Adjudicators
Asylum Support Adjudicators
Asylum Support Adjudicators
Asylum Support Adjudicators
A person who, for the purpose of obtaining a certificate...
(1) A detainee custody officer exercising custodial functions has power—...
(1) A detainee custody officer may perform functions of a...
A person who assaults a detainee custody officer who is—...
A person who resists or wilfully obstructs a detainee custody...
For the purposes of paragraphs 4 and 5, a detainee...
(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that...
A reference in this Schedule to a detainee custody officer...
A reference in paragraph 4(d) or 5(d) to a detainee...
(1) Removal centre rules may (among other things) provide for...
(1) If an authorisation is in force, a detainee custody...
(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) an authorisation is in...
(1) A person who aids any detained person in escaping...
(1) A person who, contrary to removal centre rules, brings...
(1) A person who— (a) conveys or attempts to convey...
(1) In the case of a contracted out removal centre,...
(1) In the case of a contracted out short-term holding...
A reference in this Schedule to a detainee custody officer...
(1) Escort arrangements must include provision for the appointment of...
(1) A detainee custody officer acting in accordance with escort...
(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if a detained person for whose...
Consequential Amendments
In section 27B (provisions relating to section 1(3) marriages)—
Omit section 3 (fingerprinting).
Omit sections 4 and 5 and Schedule 1 (housing of...
(1) Omit section 6 (protection of asylum claimants from deportation...
Omit section 7 (curtailment of leave).
Omit sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 and Schedule 2...
For paragraph (a) of section 9A(1) (bail pending appeal from...
In section 9A(6), for “section 9 above” substitute “ paragraph...
Omit section 12 (carriers’ liability).
The Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 is amended as follows....
Omit section 7 (power of arrest and search warrants).
In section 28(1) (declaration to accompany notice of marriage), omit...
Omit section 9 (entitlement to housing accommodation and assistance).
Omit section 10 (entitlement to child benefit).
Omit section 11 (saving for social security regulations).
Omit Schedule 1 (modifications of social security regulations).
In Schedule 2, omit sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph...
In Schedule 3, omit paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 (which...
In section 183(2) of the Housing Act 1996 (interpretation of...
Consequential Amendments
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 is amended as...
Consequential Amendments
In section 29 (caveat against issue of certificate or licence),...
Consequential Amendments
Consequential Amendments
In section 4 (determination of appeals), after subsection (1) insert—...
In section 7 (appeals from Commission), omit subsection (4).
After section 7, insert— Pending appeals. (1) For the purposes of this Act, an appeal to...
In Schedule 1 (supplementary provision as to Commission), in paragraph...
Consequential Amendments
Consequential Amendments
Consequential Amendments
Consequential Amendments
In section 30 (provision for issue of certificate to be...
In section 31 (marriage certificates)— (a) in subsections (1) and...
For section 33 substitute— Period of validity of certificate. (1) A marriage may be solemnized on the authority of...
For section 34 substitute— Marriages normally to be solemnized in...
(1) Section 35 (marriages in registration district in which neither...
Omit section 36 (superintendent registrar not normally to issue licences...
In section 37(1) (one party resident in Scotland)—
Consequential Amendments
(1) Section 38 (one party resident in Northern Ireland) is...
In section 39(1) (issue of certificates on board Her Majesty’s...
In section 40 (forms of certificates for marriage), omit subsection...
In section 44(1) (solemnization of marriage in registered buildings), for...
In section 45(1) (solemnization of marriage in register office)—
In section 47(2) (marriages according to usages of Society of...
In section 48(1) (proof of certain matters not necessary to...
In section 49 (void marriages)— (a) in paragraph (b), after...
In section 50 (person to whom certificate to be delivered)—...
In section 51(1) (fees of registrars for attending marriages), omit...
The Marriage Act 1949 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 75 (offences relating to solemnization of marriages) is...
In section 78(3) (interpretation), in paragraph (a), for “the notice”...
In Schedule 4 (provisions of Act which are excluded or...
In section 55 of the Prison Act 1952 (provisions extending...
The Firearms Act 1968 is amended as follows.
In Schedule 1 (offences for which there is an additional...
In Schedule 2 (which lists corresponding Scottish offences), after paragraph...
In section 2(3) (provisions relating to marriage), omit “or licence”...
The Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970 is amended as...
In section 1(1) (marriages which may be solemnised by Registrar...
In section 3(1) (marriages of persons under 21)—
In section 5 (caveat against issue of Registrar General’s licence),...
In section 6 (marriage of persons under 18), for “a...
In section 13 (void marriages)— (a) in paragraph (a), for...
The 1971 Act is amended as follows.
(1) In section 3 (general provisions for regulation and control),...
In section 4(1) (giving or refusal of leave to enter...
In section 7(1) (exemption of certain residents from deportation)—
(1) Section 10 (entry otherwise than by sea or air)...
In section 11(1) (entry to the United Kingdom), at the...
Omit Part II.
In section 5 (methods of authorising marriages), in paragraph (d),...
In section 24 (illegal entry and similar offences), omit subsections...
Consequential Amendments
(1) Section 27 (offences by persons connected with ships or...
Consequential Amendments
(1) Section 32 (proof of documents) is amended as follows....
In section 33 (interpretation), for subsection (4) substitute—
In Schedule 2 (administrative provisions as to control on entry),...
In Schedule 2, after paragraph 2, insert— Examination of persons...
In Schedule 2, in paragraph 4(1) and (2) (production of...
In Schedule 2, for paragraph 7 substitute— Power to require...
In section 17 (marriage under superintendent registrar’s certificate)—
In Schedule 2, in paragraph 16 (detention of persons liable...
In Schedule 2, in paragraph 18 (treatment of persons detained),...
In Schedule 2, paragraph 21 (temporary admission of persons liable...
In Schedule 2, in paragraph 22 (temporary release of persons...
(1) In Schedule 2, paragraph 26 (supplementary duties of those...
In Schedule 2, omit paragraph 28.
Consequential Amendments
In Schedule 2, in paragraph 34 (grant of bail pending...
In Schedule 3, in paragraph 2(4) (application of certain provisions...
In Schedule 3 (supplementary provision as to deportation), in paragraph...
In section 25 (void marriages)— (a) in paragraph (b), for...
In Schedule 4 (integration of United Kingdom and Islands immigration...
In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of...
In Part III of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
In section 3A of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977...
Section 53 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (requirement to...
In Schedule 1 to the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981...
In Article 98(11) of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order...
In section 1 of the Marriage Act 1983 (marriages of...
In Schedule 2 to the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983...
In section 23A of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (excluded...
In section 27(1) (notice of marriage), for “a certificate” substitute...
(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended...
In Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985 (tenancies which...
In Schedule 2 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (tenancies...
The Immigration Act 1988 is amended as follows.
Omit section 5 (restricted right of appeal against deportation in...
Omit section 8 (examination of passengers before arrival).
Omit section 9 (charges).
In Schedule 4 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (tenancies...
In Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 (tenancies which...
Consequential Amendments
In section 27A (additional information required in certain cases)—
(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989...
(1) The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 is amended...
In the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, omit...
In the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act...
The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 is amended as follows....
Consequential Amendments
Consequential Amendments
Consequential Amendments
(1) The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 is amended...
The Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 is amended as...
(1) An order made under section 3A of the 1971...
Transitional Provisions and Savings
Section 15 of the 1971 Act, section 5 of the...
(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if, on the coming into force...
(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide for...
(1) The Secretary of State may, by directions given to...
(1) This paragraph applies in relation to any time before...
(1) Each existing member of the Tribunal is to continue...
At any time before the coming into force of section...
Section 116 has effect, in relation to any time before...
Section 117(1) has effect, in relation to any time before...
Subsections (1) to (3) of section 120 have effect, in...
Subsections (1) and (2) of section 121 have effect, in...
Section 117(2) has effect, in relation to any time before...
The chief officer of police for a police area in...
A London borough council.
The Greater London Authority.
The Common Council of the City of London in its...
The Council of the Isles of Scilly.
A county council or a county borough council in Wales....
A council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government...
A district council in Northern Ireland.
The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.
The Security Industry Authority.
An NHS trust established under section 25 of the National...
The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland.
An NHS foundation trust within the meaning given by section...
A Local Health Board established under section 11 of the...
A National Health Service Trust established under section 12A of...
A Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10...
The proprietor of a school or 16 to 19 Academy...
The governing body of an institution within the further education...
The governing body of a qualifying institution within the meaning...
The proprietor or governing body of a school within the...
The proprietor or governing body of a post-16 education body...
The proprietor of a school within the meaning of the...
The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland....
The governing body of an institution of further education within...
The governing body of a higher education institution as defined...
The Registrar General for England and Wales.
A superintendent registrar of births, deaths and marriages.
A registrar of births, deaths and marriages.
A civil partnership registrar within the meaning of Chapter 1...
The Registrar General for Scotland.
A district registrar within the meaning of section 7 of...
A senior registrar within the meaning of that section.
An assistant registrar within the meaning of that section.
The Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force.
The Registrar General for Northern Ireland.
A person appointed under Article 31(1) or (3) of the...
A person appointed under section 152(1) or (3) of the...
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
A Port Police Force established under an order made under...
The Port Police Force established under Part 10 of the...
A Port Police Force established under section 79 of the...
The National Crime Agency.
A county council or district council in England.
Local authority and other assistance for Secretary of State.
Amended 3 timesReception zones.
Amended 1 timeAsylum Support Adjudicators.
Amended 2 timesAppeals.
Amended 24 timesLord Chancellor’s rules.
Amended 3 timesFalse representations.
Amended 2 timesDishonest representations.
Amended 1 timeDelay or obstruction.
Amended 1 timeFailure of sponsor to maintain.
Amended 2 timesSupplemental.
Amended 1 timeArrest
Amended 1 time>Entry, search and seizure
Amended 1 timePayments to local authorities.
Amended 4 timesGrants to voluntary organisations.
Amended 1 timeRecovery of expenditure on support: misrepresentation etc.
Amended 4 timesRecovery of expenditure on support from sponsor.
Amended 4 timesOverpayments.
Amended 2 timesExclusion from benefits.
Amended 34 timesOther restrictions on assistance: England and Wales.
Amended 3 timesHousing authority accommodation.
Amended 3 timesHomelessness: Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Amended 3 timesOther restrictions on assistance: Scotland.
Amended 2 timesSupport for children.
Amended 8 timesBack-dating of benefits where person recorded as refugee.
Amended 9 timesSecretary of State to be corporation sole for purposes of Part VI.
Amended 1 timeEntry of premises.
Amended 3 timesRequirement to supply information about redirection of post.
Amended 3 timesFingerprinting.
Amended 49 timesAttendance for fingerprinting.
Amended 4 timesDestruction of fingerprints.
Amended 5 timesOther methods of collecting data about physical characteristics.
Amended 7 timesUse and retention of fingerprints etc.
Amended 7 timesCodes of practice.
Amended 3 timesUse of force.
Amended 5 timesInterpretation of Part VIII.
Amended 16 timesManagement of removal centres.
Amended 1 timeContracting out of certain removal centres.
Amended 3 timesContracted out functions at directly managed removal centres.
Amended 1 timeIntervention by Secretary of State.
Amended 2 timesVisiting Committees and inspections.
Amended 1 timeRemoval centre rules.
Amended 1 timeDetained persons: national minimum wage
Amended 1 timeDetainee custody officers.
Amended 1 timeCustodial functions and discipline etc. at removal centres .
Amended 2 timesArrangements for the provision of escorts and custody.
Amended 9 timesShort-term holding facilities.
Amended 1 timePre-departure accommodation
Amended 1 timeWrongful disclosure of information.
Amended 2 timesPower of constable to act outside his jurisdiction.
Amended 2 timesNotice of marriage.
Amended 1 timePower to require evidence.
Amended 1 timeRefusal to issue certificate.
Amended 2 timesInstitution of proceedings.
Amended 1 timeProcedural requirements as to applications.
Amended 1 timeRegulations and orders.
Amended 17 timesInterpretation.
Amended 6 timesMinor and consequential amendments, transitional provisions and repeals.
Amended 2 timesShort title, commencement and extent.
Amended 3 timesBrowse 142 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Leave to enter.
Leave to remain.
Continuation of leave pending decision.
Accommodation
Charges.
Members of missions other than diplomatic agents.
Persons ceasing to be exempt.
Persons excluded from the United Kingdom under international obligations.
Treatment of certain overstayers.
Removal of persons unlawfully in the United Kingdom
Removal: general notice requirements
Failed removals
Removal: notice requirements in port cases
Removal: PRN recipients
Removal: judicial review
Removal of asylum claimant under standing arrangement with member States
Removal of asylum claimants in other circumstances.
Proof of identity of persons to be removed or deported.
Escorts for persons removed from the United Kingdom under directions.
Protection of claimants from removal or deportation.
Security on grant of entry clearance.
Provision of further security on extension of leave.
Passenger information.
Notification of non-EEA arrivals.
Power to supply information
Duty to supply nationality documents to Secretary of State
Supply of information by Secretary of State.
Restrictions on employment: code of practice.
Monitoring refusals of entry clearance.
Duty to report suspicious marriages.
Duty to report suspicious civil partnerships
Provision of facilities for immigration control at ports.
Charges: immigration control.
Charges: travel documents.
Deception.
Facilitation of entry.
False statements
Defences based on Article 31(1) of the Refugee Convention.
Penalty for failure to secure goods vehicle etc
Penalty for carrying clandestine entrants.
Level of penalty: code of practice
Prevention of clandestine entrants: code of practice
Defences to claim that penalty is due under section 32.
Procedure.
Appeal
Power to detain vehicles etc. in connection with penalties under section 31A or 32.
Detention in default of payment
Effect of detention.
Assisting illegal entry and harbouring.
Rail freight.
Charge in respect of individual without proper documents or authorisation
Notification and objection
Appeal
Visas for transit passengers.
Power to detain vehicles etc. in connection with charges under section 40.
Interpretation of Part II.
Bail hearings for detained persons.
Location of bail hearings.
General right to be released on bail.
Powers exercisable on granting bail.
Forfeiture.
Forfeiture of securities.
Power of arrest.
Procedure.
Use of live television links at bail hearings.
Applications for bail in immigration cases.
Extension of right to apply for bail in deportation cases.
Grants to voluntary organisations.
The Immigration Appeal Tribunal.
Adjudicators.
General.
Leave to enter the United Kingdom.
Limitations on rights of appeal under section 59.
Variation of limited leave to enter or remain.
Limitations on rights of appeal under section 61.
Deportation orders.
Limitations on rights of appeal under section 63.
Racial discrimination and breach of human rights.
Validity of directions for removal.
Removal on objection to destination.
Limitations on rights of appeal under section 67.
Claims for asylum.
Limitations on rights of appeal under section 69.
Removal of asylum claimants to safe third countries.
Miscellaneous limitations on rights of appeal.
Limitation on further appeals.
Duty to disclose grounds for appeal etc.
Duty to disclose grounds for entering etc. the United Kingdom.
Result of failure to comply with section 74.
“One-stop” appeals.
Transfer of appellate proceedings.
Penalty on continuing an appeal without merit.
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Grants to voluntary organisations.
Interpretation of Part V.
The Commissioner.
Provision of immigration services.
Limitations on acting under supervision: sanctions under this Part
Limitations on acting under supervision: other sanctions
Registration and exemption by the Commissioner.
Designated professional bodies.
Designated qualifying regulators
Appeals to the First-tier Tribunal.
Appeal upheld by the First-tier Tribunal.
Disciplinary charge upheld by the First-tier Tribunal.
Orders by disciplinary bodies.
Offences.
Enforcement.
Investigation of offence: power of entry
Advertising
Power to impose monetary penalties
Procedure for imposing penalties
Appeals against penalties
Enforcement of penalty notices
Guidance about penalties
Penalties imposed in relation to commission of offence: convictions
Information.
Fees
Interpretation of Part VI.
Persons for whom support may be provided.
Ways in which support may be provided.
Supplemental.
Temporary support.
Provision of support by local authorities.
Amendment of section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948.
Other restrictions on assistance: Northern Ireland.
Information from property owners.
Arrest without warrant.
Search and arrest by warrant.
Search and arrest without warrant.
Entry and search of premises.
Entry and search of premises following arrest.
Entry and search of premises following arrest under section 25(1) of the 1971 Act.
Searching arrested persons.
Searching persons in police custody.
Access and copying.
Search warrants: safeguards.
Execution of warrants.
Interpretation.
Detention of persons liable to examination or removal.
Abolition of certificate by licence.
Expenditure and receipts.
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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