Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006

64 Citation

(1) This Act may be cited as the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

(2) A reference (in any enactment, including one passed or made before this Act) to “the Immigration Acts” is to—

(a) the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77),

(b) the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14),

(c) the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23),

(d) the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (c. 49),

(e) the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33),

(f) the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41),

(g) the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), and

(h) this Act.

(3) The following shall cease to have effect—

(a) section 32(5) of the Immigration Act 1971 (“the Immigration Acts”),

(b) in section 167(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the definition of “the Immigration Acts”,

(c) section 158 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (“the Immigration Acts”), and

(d) section 44 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (“the Immigration Acts”).

(4) In Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) (defined expressions) at the appropriate place insert—

““The Immigration Acts” has the meaning given by section 64 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.”