39 Amendment of Immigration Act 1971
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

39  Amendment of Immigration Act 1971

(1)     The Immigration Act 1971 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

(2)     For section 2 (statement of right of abode) there shall be substituted—

“2 Statement of right of abode in United Kingdom

(1)     A person is under this Act to have the right of abode in the United Kingdom if—

(a)     he is a British citizen; or

(b)     he is a Commonwealth citizen who—

(i)     immediately before the commencement of the British Nationality Act 1981 was a Commonwealth citizen having the right of abode

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