UK Act of Parliament 2014 United Kingdom

Immigration Act 2014

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At a glance

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Home Office

What's here

12 compliance obligations, 5 practical guides across 2 topics · 9 journeys

Penalty landscape

2 of 12 obligations carry a fine up to £20,000. 2 carry different penalties and 8 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Landlord 5
  • Trader 4
  • Any Person 2

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Step-by-step journeys using this legislation

Walkthroughs that take you from a real business situation to compliance.

Relevant guidance

Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.

Direct — cites this Act

2 guides

Supporting — topic alignment

2 guides

Mentioned in related content

1 guides

Other Acts binding the same actors

For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.

Landlords also bound by 216 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Traders also bound by 826 other Acts (top 5 shown)
Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1 — Removal and other powers

Browse 14 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 2 — Appeals etc

Browse 5 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 3 — Access to services etc

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Appeals

  • Appeal a civil penalty for illegal renting Landlord
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Offences: landlords

Fine up to £20,000
  • Rent to an adult disqualified by immigration status Landlord
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Offences: agents

Fine up to £20,000
  • Fail to warn landlord of immigration contravention Any Person
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Offences: penalties etc

5 years imprisonment
  • Breach of landlord or agent obligations under Immigration Act Landlord
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Termination of agreement where all occupiers disqualified

  • Evict tenants disqualified from renting due to immigration status Landlord
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Requirement to carry out immigration checks in relation to current accounts

  • Banks must carry out immigration checks on current accounts Trader
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Requirement to notify existence of current accounts for disqualified persons

  • Notify the Home Office if you identify a disqualified person's account Trader
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Closure of accounts not subject to freezing order

  • Close bank accounts for disqualified persons Trader
Browse 31 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
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Other procedures for ending agreement

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Action to be taken by Secretary of State following section 40B notification

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Freezing orders

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Freezing orders: appeals

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Freezing orders: code of practice

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Sections 40A to 40G: interpretation

Part 4 — Marriage and civil partnership

Browse 14 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 5 — Oversight

Browse 2 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Part 6 — Miscellaneous

Browse 7 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
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Immigration skills charge

Part 7 — Final provisions

Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement

Schedules

Browse 166 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
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In Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971, in paragraph...

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(1) In Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971, after...

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(1) Paragraph 25A of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act...

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In sections 28J(11) and 28K(14) of the Immigration Act 1971...

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In section 146(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999...

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(1) Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (entry control)...

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(1) Section 144 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999...

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(1) Section 126 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act...

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(1) Section 127 of that Act (voluntary provision of physical...

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In section 35(2) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of...

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(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation in...

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(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation of...

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(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation in...

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An agreement under which accommodation is provided to a student...

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(1) An agreement that— (a) is, or is for, a...

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(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule....

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(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 1....

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(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation in...

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(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation of...

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(1) An agreement— (a) under which accommodation is provided to...

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(1) An agreement that grants a right of occupation of...

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(1) An agreement— (a) under which accommodation is provided to...

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An agreement granting a right of occupation of accommodation that...

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An agreement to which the Mobile Homes Act 1983 applies....

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The Marriage Act 1949 is amended in accordance with this...

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(1) Section 31 (marriage under certificate without licence) is amended...

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(1) In section 31 (marriage under certificate without licence), at...

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(1) Section 35 (marriage in registration district in which neither...

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In section 37 (one party resident in Scotland), in subsection...

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In section 48 (proof of certain matters not necessary to...

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In section 74 (regulations), after subsection (2) insert—

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In section 75 (offences relating to solemnization of marriages), in...

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In section 78 (interpretation of the 1949 Act), in subsection...

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The Civil Partnership Act 2004 is amended in accordance with...

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(1) Section 8 (notice of proposed civil partnership and declaration)...

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(1) Section 27 (notice of marriage) is amended in accordance...

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After section 8 insert— Additional information if party not relevant...

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For section 9 substitute— Evidence (1) A notice of proposed civil partnership under section 8...

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In section 11 (meaning of “the waiting period”), for “15”...

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(1) Section 12 (power to shorten the waiting period) is...

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After section 12 insert— Referral of proposed civil partnership to...

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After Schedule 3 insert— SCHEDULE 3A Modifications if proposed civil...

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(1) In section 14 (issue of civil partnership schedule), at...

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After section 30 insert— Relevant nationals In this Chapter “relevant national” means— (a) a British citizen,...

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(1) Section 36 (regulations and orders) is amended in accordance...

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In section 52 (proof of certain matters not necessary to...

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(1) After section 27 insert— Entry of particulars in notice...

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After section 27D insert— Additional information if party not relevant...

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In section 28 (declaration to accompany notice of marriage), in...

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(1) Section 28A (power to require evidence) is amended in...

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After section 28A insert— Provision of evidence (1) A notice of marriage under section 27 must, in...

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After section 28G insert— Referral of proposed marriage to Secretary...

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Before Schedule 4 insert— SCHEDULE 3A Modifications if proposed marriage...

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(1) This Schedule sets out the kinds of regulations which...

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(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations which make...

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(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations about the...

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(1) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision...

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(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring a...

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(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations about the...

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(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) a superintendent registrar refers...

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A “registration official” is any of the following—

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(1) A registration official may— (a) disclose any information held...

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A registration official may disclose to another registration official—

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(1) The Secretary of State may— (a) disclose any information...

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(1) A registration official may— (a) disclose any information held...

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(1) This Schedule does not authorise— (a) a disclosure, in...

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A disclosure of information which is authorised by this Schedule...

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A person to whom a document is supplied under any...

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This Schedule does not limit any other power under which—...

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Part 5 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (which...

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(1) In section 84(4) (persons exempt from prohibition on provision...

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(1) Paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 (fees for registration) is...

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(1) In section 87(3) (decisions of Commissioner which may be...

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(1) In section 84(3) (limitations on effect of registration)—

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After paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 insert— Inspections The Commissioner may carry out inspections of the activities and...

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(1) For section 89(2) (powers of Tribunal on hearing charge...

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(1) Omit paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 (and the cross-heading...

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Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (administrative provisions as...

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(1) Paragraph 3 is amended as follows.

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(1) Paragraph 4 is amended as follows.

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(1) Paragraph 5 is amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2)...

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After paragraph 5 insert— Designated persons (1) In this Schedule “designated person” means a person designated...

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After paragraph 5A (inserted by paragraph 5 above) insert— Directions...

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(1) Section 27 of the Immigration Act 1971 (offences by...

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In Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (administrative provisions...

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(1) The Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 is amended...

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In section 69C of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (investigations:...

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(1) The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as...

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In section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act...

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In section 59 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006...

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In section 2 of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide...

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In section 48 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (establishment...

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(1) The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as...

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Section 36 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001...

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In section 126 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act...

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In section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act...

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The Immigration Act 1971 is amended as follows.

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(1) Section 3C (continuation of leave pending variation decision) is...

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In Schedule 3 (supplementary provisions as to deportation), in paragraph...

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In section 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981 (deprivation...

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(1) The Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 is amended...

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The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as follows....

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Section 23 (monitoring refusals of entry clearance) is repealed.

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(1) Section 141 (fingerprinting) is amended as follows.

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(1) The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 is amended...

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The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 is amended as...

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In section 72 (serious criminal), in subsection (9)(a)—

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In section 79 (deportation order: appeal), in subsection (1) for...

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For the heading to Part 5, substitute “ Appeals in...

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In section 85 (matters to be considered)—

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Section 85A (matters to be considered: new evidence: exceptions) is...

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In section 86 (determination of appeal)— (a) in subsection (1),...

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Sections 87 to 91 are repealed.

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(1) Section 94 (appeal from within the United Kingdom) is...

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In section 8(7) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of...

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Section 95 (appeal from outside the United Kingdom: removal) is...

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(1) Section 96 (earlier right of appeal) is amended as...

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In section 97 (national security etc)— (a) in subsection (1),...

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In section 97A (national security: deportation)— (a) in subsection (2B),...

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Section 97B (variation of leave on grounds of public good:...

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Section 98 (other grounds of public good) is repealed.

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In section 99— (a) in the heading, for “Sections 97...

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(1) Section 104 (pending appeal) is amended as follows.

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(1) Section 105 (notice of immigration decision) is amended as...

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In section 106 (rules)— (a) in subsection (3), omit “,...

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In the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, section 47...

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In section 107 (practice directions), in subsection (3), omit “,...

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In section 108 (forged documents: proceedings in private), in subsection...

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In section 112 (regulations etc)— (a) omit subsection (3A);

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(1) Section 113 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

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Section 115 (appeal from within United Kingdom: unfounded human rights...

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For section 120 (requirement to state additional grounds for application)...

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(1) Schedule 3 to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of...

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(1) The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 is amended...

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In section 17 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (support...

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In section 115 of the Equality Act 2010 (immigration cases),...

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In Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment...

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The provisions shown in the table below are repealed in...

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In section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act...

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In Article 5 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order...

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In section 89 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (tests...

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In Schedule 3 to the Road Safety Act 2006 (endorsement:...

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In Schedule 5 to the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order...

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The provisions of sections 48 to 51, and the amendments...

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(1) On the day on which paragraph 2 of Schedule...

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(1) In the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (2)—

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(1) The provisions listed in paragraph 68(2) (apart from paragraph...

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The provisions shown in the table below are repealed in...

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(1) The British Nationality Act 1981 is amended as follows....

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(1) In regulation 14 of the British Nationality (General) Regulations...

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(1) Any order or direction under paragraph 5 of Schedule...

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(1) Section 42 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of...

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Sections 51 and 52 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality...

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For section 15(2)(b) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (application...

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The following provisions are repealed in consequence of the amendments...

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(1) Section 5A of the Prison Act 1952 (appointment and...

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In Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971 (supplementary provisions...

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