{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1971/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1971/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/77",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1971",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Expenses.",
  "text": "There shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament any expenses incurred by the Lord Chancellor under Schedule 5 to this Act or by a Secretary of State under or by virtue of this Act—\n(a) by way of administrative expenses . . .; or\n(b) in connection with the removal of any person from the United Kingdom under Schedule 2 or 3 to this Act or the departure with him of his dependants, or his or their maintenance pending departure; or\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.I. 1987/465, art. 3(1)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61), s. 52(7), Sch. 9 (with Sch. 8 para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 31(c) repealed by S.I. 1987/465, art. 3(1)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 31(d) repealed (1.4.2003) by 2002 c. 41, ss. 58(5)(b), 161, Sch. 9 (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/754, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with transitional provisions in arts. 3, 4, Sch. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2003/1040 and S.I. 2003/1339))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:29.102045+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}