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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999-part-v-exemption-licensed-sponsors-tiers-2-and-4-order-2009/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/506",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Part V Exemption: Licensed Sponsors Tiers 2 and 4) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999-part-v-exemption-licensed-sponsors-tiers-2-and-4-order-2009",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exemption of licensed sponsors",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and for the purposes of section 84(4)(d) of the Act the following persons shall be specified, namely persons who are licensed sponsors of Tier 2 and Tier 4 migrants and who provide immigration advice or immigration services free of charge to those migrants or their immediate family.\n(2) The immigration advice or services given must be restricted to matters relating to the migrant’s application under Tier 2 or Tier 4 of the Points-based system or to an application for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain made by that person’s immediate family and which is dependent on the migrant’s application under Tier 2 or Tier 4 of the Points-based system.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the person providing the immigration advice or immigration services must be the licensed sponsor.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 31.3.2009, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
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      "type": "inserted",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2020/1147",
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      "type": "substituted for art. 3(2)",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2020/966",
      "affecting_title": "The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020"
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    {
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    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/506/article/3",
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  "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."
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