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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-a333c35cd463fccc7d03e4dfe4cd41f2"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-93b2bbcbf4458f0fbde03772f5f703cf"/>45</Pnumber>
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<Text>In section 38(1) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (meaning of “period of imprisonment” for purposes of condition 1 in definition of “foreign criminal”), omit paragraph (a).</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>In section 117D(4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (meaning of “period of imprisonment” for purposes of definition of “foreign criminal”), omit paragraph (a).</Text>
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