{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006/section-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006/section-30.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/13",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-asylum-and-nationality-act-2006",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Proof of right of abode",
  "text": "For section 3(9) of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) (proof of right of abode) substitute—\n“(9) A person seeking to enter the United Kingdom and claiming to have the right of abode there shall prove it by means of—\n(a) a United Kingdom passport describing him as a British citizen,\n(b) a United Kingdom passport describing him as a British subject with the right of abode in the United Kingdom,\n(c) an ID card issued under the Identity Cards Act 2006 describing him as a British citizen,\n(d) an ID card issued under that Act describing him as a British subject with the right of abode in the United Kingdom, or\n(e) a certificate of entitlement.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 30 in force at 16.6.2006 by S.I. 2006/1497, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:51.061548+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."
}