# Immigration Act 1988, Section 4: Members of diplomatic missions.


At the beginning of subsection (3) of section 8 of the principal Act (exemption from immigration control for members of diplomatic missions etc.) there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to subsection (3A) below, ” and after that subsection there shall be inserted—
“(3A) In the case of a member of a mission other than a diplomatic agent (within the meaning of the said Act of 1964) subsection (3) above shall apply only if he enters or has entered the United Kingdom—
(a) as a member of that mission; or
(b) in order to take up a post as such a member which was offered to him before his arrival;
and references in that subsection to a member of a mission shall be construed accordingly.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/14/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1988/section-4
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