Immigration Act 1971
| Act of Parliament | |
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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 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 October 1971 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
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 was also partly passed to legally clarify the rights of Commonwealth citizens within the United Kingdom in preparation for future membership of the European Communities which the UK became a member state on 1 January 1973 which gave new automatic rights to EC member state citizens. It is connected in relation to deportation notices, at sections 11 and 23 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Background
Callum Williams argued that foreign-policy pressures led Edward Heath's Conservative government to adopt discriminatory Commonwealth immigration policy, which broke from the non-discriminatory immigration policy that had preceded it. The government saw a need to appease Canada, New Zealand and Australia over the future negative impact on them when Britain would join the European Economic Community that would be hardest on people who had immigrated from Britain in the expectation of continued close ties.[2]
Summary
One result of the Act was to stop the permanent migration of workers from the Commonwealth. It further elaborated the definition of "patrial" migrants, first introduced in the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968, as persons born in the United Kingdom and persons who had resided there for the previous five years or longer.[3]
Contents
- Part I Regulation of Entry into and Stay in United Kingdom
- Part II Appeals
- Part III Criminal Proceedings
- Part 3A Maritime enforcement
- 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 4A Enforcement powers in relation to ships
- Schedule 5 The Adjudicators and the Tribunal
- Schedule 6 Repeals
See also
Notes
- ↑ Short title as conferred by s. 37 of the Act
- ↑ Williams, Callum (2 October 2015). "Patriality, Work Permits and the European Economic Community: The Introduction of the 1971 Immigration Act". Contemporary British History. 29 (4): 508–538. doi:10.1080/13619462.2014.1002775. ISSN 1361-9462. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ↑ Marmo, Marinella; Smith, Evan (17 January 2014). "The Myth of Sovereignty: British Immigration Control Policy and Practice in the 1970s". Historical Research. 87 (236): 344–369. doi:10.1111/1468-2281.12047. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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 (2015). "Patriality, Work Permits and the European Economic Community: The Introduction of the 1971 Immigration Act". Contemporary British History. 29 (4): 508–538. doi:10.1080/13619462.2014.1002775.