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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014-bank-accounts-prohibition-on-opening-current-accounts-for-disqualified-persons-order-2014/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3086",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration Act 2014 (Bank Accounts) (Prohibition on Opening Current Accounts for Disqualified Persons) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014-bank-accounts-prohibition-on-opening-current-accounts-for-disqualified-persons-order-2014",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition on opening current accounts for disqualified persons",
  "text": "In article 2 of this Order—\n(a) “charity” means a body whose annual income is less than £1 million and is any of the following—\n(i) in England and Wales, a charity as defined by section 1(1) of the Charities Act 2011;\n(ii) in Scotland, a charity as defined by section 106 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005;\n(iii) in Northern Ireland, a charity as defined by section 1(1) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;\n(b) “consumer” means an individual who, with respect to an account to be or being operated by or for them, is acting for purposes other than a trade, business or profession;\n(c) “micro-enterprise” means an enterprise as defined in Article 1 and Article 2(1) and (3) of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2011 c.25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2005 asp 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2008 c.12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No L 124, 20.5.2003, p36."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3086/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:55:52.887232+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."
}