The Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1980 No. 1859


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1980 No. 1859

IMMIGRATION

The Immigration (Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1980

Made

4th December 1980

Laid before Parliament

11th December 1980

Coming into Operation

1st January 1981

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 9(2) and 32(1) of the Immigration Act 1971.I hereby make the following Order:-

1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1981.

2. In Article 4(4) of the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) Order 1972(1), for sub-paragraph (b), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs:-

"(b)unless he is a national of a state which is a member of the European Economic Community, he shall not engage in any occupation for reward; and

(c)unless he is a national of a state which is a member of the European Economic Community other than Greece, he shall not engage in any employment.".

W. S. I. Whitelaw

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

4th December 1980

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Article 4 of the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) Order 1972 provides, inter alia, that certain persons who are not patrial and who enter the United Kingdom from the Republic of Ireland after coming from a place outside the common travel area or after leaving the United Kingdom while having a limited leave to enter or remain there which has since expired are prohibited from taking up employment or any occupation for reward, except where they are nationals of states who are members of the European Economic Community. This Order amends Article 4 so as to provide that nationals of Greece (which becomes a member of the Community on 1st January 1981) who enter the United Kingdom in these circumstances are prohibited from taking up employment but not from taking up an occupation for reward.

(1)

amended by S.I. 1979/730.


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