- Enforced by
- Home Office
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Imprisonment 2 of 15 obligations carry a fine up to £20,000. 2 carry different penalties and 11 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Landlord5
Trader4
Any Person2
Plus 4 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Landlord — also bound by 224 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Value Added Tax Regulations 1995
416 duties
Companies Act 2006
243 duties
Companies Act 1985
85 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1
Removal and other powers
0 of 14 sections shown14 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 2
Appeals etc
0 of 5 sections shown5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 3
Access to services etc
13 of 41 sections shown
s.022
Persons disqualified by immigration status not to be leased premises (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Do not let premises to adults disqualified by immigration statusLandlord
s.032
General matters (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must issue and review landlord penalty codeCrown / Minister / Government department
s.033
Discrimination (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must publish a discrimination code for landlord immigration checksCrown / Minister / Government department
s.033
Offences: landlords
Prosecution
- Rent to an adult disqualified by immigration statusLandlord
Fine up to £20,000
s.033
Offences: agents
Prosecution
- Fail to warn landlord of immigration contraventionAny Person
Fine up to £20,000
s.033
Offences: penalties etc
Imprisonment
- Breach of landlord or agent obligations under Immigration ActLandlord
s.033
Termination of agreement where all occupiers disqualified
Regulated
- Evict tenants disqualified from renting due to immigration statusLandlord
s.040
Prohibition on opening current accounts for disqualified persons (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Do not open current accounts for disqualified personsTrader
s.040
Requirement to carry out immigration checks in relation to current accounts
Regulated
- Banks must carry out immigration checks on current accountsTrader
s.040
Requirement to notify existence of current accounts for disqualified persons
Regulated
- Notify the Home Office if you identify a disqualified person's accountTrader
s.040
Freezing orders: code of practice
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must issue and review freezing orders code of practiceCrown / Minister / Government department
s.040
Closure of accounts not subject to freezing order
Regulated
- Close bank accounts for disqualified personsTrader
28 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.033
Other procedures for ending agreement
s.040
Action to be taken by Secretary of State following section 40B notification
s.040
Freezing orders
s.040
Freezing orders: appeals
s.040
Sections 40A to 40G: interpretation
Part 4
Marriage and civil partnership
1 of 15 sections shown
s.050
Conduct of investigation (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Comply with Home Office sham marriage investigation requirementsAny Person
14 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 5
Oversight
0 of 2 sections shown2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 6
Miscellaneous
1 of 8 sections shown
s.071
Duty regarding the welfare of children (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must safeguard children's welfareCrown / Minister / Government department
7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.065
Persons unable to acquire citizenship: natural father not married to mother (opens in a new tab)
s.066
Deprivation if conduct seriously prejudicial to vital interests of the UK (opens in a new tab)
s.070
Immigration skills charge
Part 7
Final provisions
0 of 6 sections shown6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 166 shown166 other schedules
s.004
Referral of proposed marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales (opens in a new tab)
s.sch001
In Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971, in paragraph...
s.sch001
(1) In Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971, after...
s.sch001
(1) Paragraph 25A of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act...
s.sch001
In sections 28J(11) and 28K(14) of the Immigration Act 1971...
s.sch001
In section 146(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999...
s.sch002
(1) Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (entry control)...
s.sch002
(1) Section 144 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999...
s.sch002
(1) Section 126 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act...
s.sch002
(1) Section 127 of that Act (voluntary provision of physical...
s.sch002
In section 35(2) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of...
s.sch003
(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation in...
s.sch003
(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation of...
s.sch003
(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation in...
s.sch003
An agreement under which accommodation is provided to a student...
s.sch003
(1) An agreement that— (a) is, or is for, a...
s.sch003
(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule....
s.sch003
(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 1....
s.sch003
(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation in...
s.sch003
(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation of...
s.sch003
(1) An agreement— (a) under which accommodation is provided to...
s.sch003
(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation of...
s.sch003
(1) An agreement— (a) under which accommodation is provided to...
s.sch003
An agreement granting a right of occupation of accommodation that...
s.sch003
An agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies....
s.sch004
The Marriage Act 1949 is amended in accordance with this...
s.sch004
(1) Section 31 (marriage under certificate without licence) is amended...
s.sch004
(1) In section 31 (marriage under certificate without licence), at...
s.sch004
(1) Section 35 (marriage in registration district in which neither...
s.sch004
In section 37 (one party resident in Scotland), in subsection...
s.sch004
In section 48 (proof of certain matters not necessary to...
s.sch004
In section 74 (regulations), after subsection (2) insert—
s.sch004
In section 75 (offences relating to solemnization of marriages), in...
s.sch004
In section 78 (interpretation of the 1949 Act), in subsection...
s.sch004
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 is amended in accordance with...
s.sch004
(1) Section 8 (notice of proposed civil partnership and declaration)...
s.sch004
(1) Section 27 (notice of marriage) is amended in accordance...
s.sch004
After section 8 insert— Additional information if party not relevant...
s.sch004
For section 9 substitute— Evidence (1) A notice of proposed civil partnership under section 8...
s.sch004
In section 11 (meaning of “the waiting period”), for “15”...
s.sch004
(1) Section 12 (power to shorten the waiting period) is...
s.sch004
After section 12 insert— Referral of proposed civil partnership to...
s.sch004
After Schedule 3 insert— SCHEDULE 3A Modifications if proposed civil...
s.sch004
(1) In section 14 (issue of civil partnership schedule), at...
s.sch004
After section 30 insert— Relevant nationals In this Chapter “relevant national” means— (a) a British citizen,...
s.sch004
(1) Section 36 (regulations and orders) is amended in accordance...
s.sch004
In section 52 (proof of certain matters not necessary to...
s.sch004
(1) After section 27 insert— Entry of particulars in notice...
s.sch004
After section 27D insert— Additional information if party not relevant...
s.sch004
In section 28 (declaration to accompany notice of marriage), in...
s.sch004
(1) Section 28A (power to require evidence) is amended in...
s.sch004
After section 28A insert— Provision of evidence (1) A notice of marriage under section 27 must, in...
s.sch004
After section 28G insert— Referral of proposed marriage to Secretary...
s.sch004
Before Schedule 4 insert— SCHEDULE 3A Modifications if proposed marriage...
s.sch005
(1) This Schedule sets out the kinds of regulations which...
s.sch005
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations which make...
s.sch005
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations about the...
s.sch005
(1) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision...
s.sch005
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring a...
s.sch005
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations about the...
s.sch006
(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) a superintendent registrar refers...
s.sch006
A “registration official” is any of the following—
s.sch006
(1) A registration official may— (a) disclose any information held...
s.sch006
A registration official may disclose to another registration official—
s.sch006
(1) The Secretary of State may— (a) disclose any information...
s.sch006
(1) A registration official may— (a) disclose any information held...
s.sch006
(1) This Schedule does not authorise— (a) a disclosure, in...
s.sch006
A disclosure of information which is authorised by this Schedule...
s.sch006
A person to whom a document is supplied under any...
s.sch006
This Schedule does not limit any other power under which—...
s.sch007
Part 5 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (which...
s.sch007
(1) In section 84(4) (persons exempt from prohibition on provision...
s.sch007
(1) Paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 (fees for registration) is...
s.sch007
(1) In section 87(3) (decisions of Commissioner which may be...
s.sch007
(1) In section 84(3) (limitations on effect of registration)—
s.sch007
After paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 insert— Inspections The Commissioner may carry out inspections of the activities and...
s.sch007
(1) For section 89(2) (powers of Tribunal on hearing charge...
s.sch007
(1) Omit paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 (and the cross-heading...
s.sch008
Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (administrative provisions as...
s.sch008
(1) Paragraph 3 is amended as follows.
s.sch008
(1) Paragraph 4 is amended as follows.
s.sch008
(1) Paragraph 5 is amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2)...
s.sch008
After paragraph 5 insert— Designated persons (1) In this Schedule “designated person” means a person designated...
s.sch008
After paragraph 5A (inserted by paragraph 5 above) insert— Directions...
s.sch008
(1) Section 27 of the Immigration Act 1971 (offences by...
s.sch009
In Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (administrative provisions...
s.sch009
(1) The Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 is amended...
s.sch009
In section 69C of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (investigations:...
s.sch009
(1) The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as...
s.sch009
In section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act...
s.sch009
In section 59 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006...
s.sch009
In section 2 of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide...
s.sch009
In section 48 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (establishment...
s.sch009
(1) The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as...
s.sch009
Section 36 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001...
s.sch009
In section 126 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act...
s.sch009
In section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act...
s.sch009
The Immigration Act 1971 is amended as follows.
s.sch009
(1) Section 3C (continuation of leave pending variation decision) is...
s.sch009
In Schedule 3 (supplementary provisions as to deportation), in paragraph...
s.sch009
In section 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981 (deprivation...
s.sch009
(1) The Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 is amended...
s.sch009
The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as follows....
s.sch009
Section 23 (monitoring refusals of entry clearance) is repealed.
s.sch009
(1) Section 141 (fingerprinting) is amended as follows.
s.sch009
(1) The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 is amended...
s.sch009
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 is amended as...
s.sch009
In section 72 (serious criminal), in subsection (9)(a)—
s.sch009
In section 79 (deportation order: appeal), in subsection (1) for...
s.sch009
For the heading to Part 5, substitute “ Appeals in...
s.sch009
In section 85 (matters to be considered)—
s.sch009
Section 85A (matters to be considered: new evidence: exceptions) is...
s.sch009
In section 86 (determination of appeal)— (a) in subsection (1),...
s.sch009
Sections 87 to 91 are repealed.
s.sch009
(1) Section 94 (appeal from within the United Kingdom) is...
s.sch009
In section 8(7) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of...
s.sch009
Section 95 (appeal from outside the United Kingdom: removal) is...
s.sch009
(1) Section 96 (earlier right of appeal) is amended as...
s.sch009
In section 97 (national security etc)— (a) in subsection (1),...
s.sch009
In section 97A (national security: deportation)— (a) in subsection (2B),...
s.sch009
Section 97B (variation of leave on grounds of public good:...
s.sch009
Section 98 (other grounds of public good) is repealed.
s.sch009
In section 99— (a) in the heading, for “Sections 97...
s.sch009
(1) Section 104 (pending appeal) is amended as follows.
s.sch009
(1) Section 105 (notice of immigration decision) is amended as...
s.sch009
In section 106 (rules)— (a) in subsection (3), omit “,...
s.sch009
In the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, section 47...
s.sch009
In section 107 (practice directions), in subsection (3), omit “,...
s.sch009
In section 108 (forged documents: proceedings in private), in subsection...
s.sch009
In section 112 (regulations etc)— (a) omit subsection (3A);
s.sch009
(1) Section 113 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
s.sch009
Section 115 (appeal from within United Kingdom: unfounded human rights...
s.sch009
For section 120 (requirement to state additional grounds for application)...
s.sch009
(1) Schedule 3 to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of...
s.sch009
(1) The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 is amended...
s.sch009
In section 17 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (support...
s.sch009
In section 115 of the Equality Act 2010 (immigration cases),...
s.sch009
In Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment...
s.sch009
The provisions shown in the table below are repealed in...
s.sch009
In section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act...
s.sch009
In Article 5 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order...
s.sch009
In section 89 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (tests...
s.sch009
In Schedule 3 to the Road Safety Act 2006 (endorsement:...
s.sch009
In Schedule 5 to the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order...
s.sch009
The provisions of sections 48 to 51, and the amendments...
s.sch009
(1) On the day on which paragraph 2 of Schedule...
s.sch009
(1) In the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (2)—
s.sch009
(1) The provisions listed in paragraph 68(2) (apart from paragraph...
s.sch009
The provisions shown in the table below are repealed in...
s.sch009
(1) The British Nationality Act 1981 is amended as follows....
s.sch009
(1) In regulation 14 of the British Nationality (General) Regulations...
s.sch009
(1) Any order or direction under paragraph 5 of Schedule...
s.sch009
(1) Section 42 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of...
s.sch009
Sections 51 and 52 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality...
s.sch009
For section 15(2)(b) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (application...
s.sch009
The following provisions are repealed in consequence of the amendments...
s.sch009
(1) Section 5A of the Prison Act 1952 (appointment and...
s.sch009
In Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971 (supplementary provisions...
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