Immigration Act 1971
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| Long title | An Act to amend and replace the present immigration laws, to make certain related changes in the citizenship law and enable help to be given to those wishing to return abroad, and for purposes connected therewith. |
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| Citation | 1971 c. 77 |
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| Royal assent | 28 October 1971 |
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| Revised text of statute as amended | |
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The Immigration Act 1971 (c 77) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning immigration. The Act, as with the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, and that of 1968, restricts immigration, especially primary immigration into the UK. It introduced the concept of patriality or right of abode. It is connected in relation to deportation notices, at sections 11 and 23 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Williams argues that foreign-policy pressures led Edward Heath's Conservative government to adopt discriminatory Commonwealth immigration policy, breaking from the non-discriminatory immigration policy that had preceded it. London saw a need to appease Canada, New Zealand and Australia over the negative impact on them of Britain's joining the European Economic Community. The negative impact would be hardest on people who had immigrated from Britain originally in the expectation of continued close ties.[2]
Contents
- Part I Regulation of Entry into and Stay in United Kingdom
- Part II Appeals
- Part III Criminal Proceedings
- Part IV Supplementary
- Schedule 1
- Schedule 2 Administrative Provisions as to Control on Entry etc.
- Schedule 3 Supplementary Provisions as to Deportation
- Schedule 4 Integration with United Kingdom Law of Immigration Law of Islands
- Schedule 5 The Adjudicators and the Tribunal
- Schedule 6 Repeals
See also
- UK labour law
- British nationality law
- History of British nationality law
- Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
Notes
- ↑ Short title as conferred by s. 37 of the Act
- ↑ Callum Williams, "Patriality, Work Permits and the European Economic Community: The Introduction of the 1971 Immigration Act." Contemporary British History 29.4 (2015): 508-538.
Further reading
- J. M. Evans (1972). "Immigration Act 1971". The Modern Law Review. 35 (5): 508. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2230.1972.tb02363.x. JSTOR 1094478.
- Williams, Callum. "Patriality, Work Permits and the European Economic Community: The Introduction of the 1971 Immigration Act." Contemporary British History (2015) 29#4 pp 508-538.