Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (Version in vigour from 2024-04-25 to )
| Currency | Unapplied prospective |
| Coming into Force | 25 April 2024 |
- (a) the entry into the United Kingdom of anyone whom he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to be an illegal entrant;
- (b) the entry into the United Kingdom of anyone whom he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to be an asylum claimant; or
- (c) the obtaining by anyone of leave to remain in the United Kingdom by means which he knows or has reasonable cause for believing to include deception,
- “(1A) Nothing in subsection (1) (b) above shall apply to anything which is done—
- (a) by a person otherwise than for gain, or in the course of his employment by a bona fide organisation whose purpose it is to assist refugees; or
- (b) in relation to a person who has been detained under paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to this Act, or has been granted temporary admission under paragraph 21 of that Schedule; and in that provision “asylum claimant” means a person who intends to make a claim for asylum (within the meaning of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993) .
- “the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971;
- “the 1993 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993;
- “person subject to immigration control” means a person who under the 1971 Act requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom (whether or not such leave has been given) .
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