# Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, Paragraph 4

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In subsection (1) of section 33 of the 1971 Act (interpretation), for the definitions of “entrant” and “illegal entrant” there shall be substituted the following definitions—
““entrant” means a person entering or seeking to enter the United Kingdom and “illegal entrant” means a person—
(a) unlawfully entering or seeking to enter in breach of a deportation order or of the immigration laws, or
(b) entering or seeking to enter by means which include deception by another person,
and includes also a person who has entered as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above; ”.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/49/schedule/2/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-act-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-4
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