http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/2AImmigration Act 1971An 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.1983-01-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-01-08Expert Participation2026-01-05 Immigration Act 1971s. 24C-24FImmigration Act 2016s. 44(2)s. 94(1)Immigration Act 1971s. 26A(1)(b)(ia)Immigration Act 2016Sch. 11 para. 25s. 94(1)Immigration Act 1971s. 28CA(1)(bb)Immigration Act 2016s. 44(5)s. 94(1)Immigration Act 1971Sch. 2 para. 26(4)Immigration Act 2016s. 74(1)s. 94(1)Immigration Act 1971Sch. 2 Pt. 1AImmigration Act 2016Sch. 13s. 94(1)Immigration Act 1971s. 10(1A)(1B)Immigration and Asylum Act 1999Sch. 14 para. 47(3)s. 170(4)Immigration Act 1971Sch. 2 para. 27B(4A)Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc. ) Act 2004Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004s. 16s. 48(3)Immigration Act 1971s. 24(1)(fa)Illegal Migration Act 2023s. 10(2)s. 55(9)s. 68(1)Immigration Act 1971s. 27(1)(aa)Illegal Migration Act 2023s. 10(3)(a)s. 55(9)s. 68(1)Immigration Act 1971s. 27(1)(ba)Illegal Migration Act 2023s. 10(3)(b)s. 55(9)s. 68(1)Immigration Act 1971Sch. 2 para. 11AIllegal Migration Act 2023s. 10(4)s. 55(9)s. 68(1)Immigration Act 1971ActCriminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008s. 133(7) (8)Sch. 27 para. 36s. 153(7) Part I2A1The Secretary of State may by order remove from a specified person a right of abode in the United Kingdom which he has under section 2(1)(b).2The Secretary of State may make an order under subsection (1) in respect of a person only if the Secretary of State thinks that it would be conducive to the public good for the person to be excluded or removed from the United Kingdom.3An order under subsection (1) may be revoked by order of the Secretary of State.4While an order under subsection (1) has effect in relation to a person—asection 2(2) shall not apply to him, andbany certificate of entitlement granted to him shall have no effect.S. 2A inserted (16.6.2006) by Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), ss. 57(1), 62; S.I. 2006/1497, art. 3, Sch.Pt. 1 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (13.3.2008 for specified purposes and 1.5.2008 in so far as not already in force) by The Immigration (Isle of Man) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/680), arts. 1(2), 5, 6(2)(a), 7, Sch. 3, Sch. 10 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 2) (as amended (29.6.2011) by S.I. 2011/1408, art. 1, Sch. paras. 1, 2(c)(f); (11.2.2016) by S.I. 2016/156, arts. 1(2), 6; (14.3.2019) by S.I. 2019/562, arts. 1, 5, 11; (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2020/1322, art. 3; (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1576), art. 8; (31.12.2020) by The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1214), arts. 1, 6(2)(3); and (11.11.2021) by The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1277), arts. 1(2), 8)