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| Long title | An Act to make provision about immigration law; to limit, or otherwise make provision about, access to services, facilities and employment by reference to immigration status; to make provision about marriage and civil partnership involving certain foreign nationals; to make provision about the acquisition of citizenship by persons unable to acquire it because their fathers and mothers were not married to each other[1] and provision about the removal of citizenship from persons whose conduct is seriously prejudicial to the United Kingdom’s vital interests; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 2014 c. 22 |
| Introduced by | Theresa May 10 October 2013[2] |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom (although one section apply to England and Wales only)[3] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 May 2014[2] |
| Commencement | 14 July 2014[4] |
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Immigration Act 2014 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014.[5] The act makes provision to prevent private landlords from renting houses to people without legal status, to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining driving licences and bank accounts[6] and for the investigation of sham marriages.[7] Landlords who rent housing to illegal migrants without carrying out these checks will bear civil liability. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in a civil penalty of no more than £3,000.[8]
Only six Labour MPs opposed the Act; Diane Abbott, Jeremy Corbyn, Kelvin Hopkins, John McDonnell, Fiona Mactaggart and Dennis Skinner.[9]
The Act removes key protections for Commonwealth citizens residing in the United Kingdom that existed in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999[10] which was a major preceding factor in the Windrush scandal that involved at least 83 wrongful deportations.[11]
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- ^ a b "Bill stages — Immigration Act 2014". Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Immigration Act 2014 - Territorial Extent and Application". The Stationery Office. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Immigration Act 2014 - Commencement Dates". The Stationery Office. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Immigration Act 2014 — UK Parliament". Services.parliament.uk. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Immigration Act 2014". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Halsbury's Laws of England, volume 72: "Sham marriages and sham civil partnerships; in general.", paragraph 12 (6th edition)
- ^ "The Immigration Bill received Royal Assent on 14 May. In doing so it became the Immigration Act 2014" (PDF). Archived on August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2023
- ^ "Stop the Immigration Bill: a "regime of harassment for migrants" • Right to Remain". Right to Remain. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "UK removed legal protection for Windrush immigrants in 2014". guardian.com. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Rawlinson, Kevin (12 November 2018). "Windrush: 11 people wrongly deported from UK have died – Javid". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
Javid … said there were 83 cases in which it had been confirmed people were wrongfully removed from the country and officials fear there may be a further 81