{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-order-1994/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-order-1994/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1895",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (European Economic Area) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-order-1994",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Right of admission to United Kingdom of EEA nationals and family members",
  "text": "(1) Subject to article 15(1), an EEA national shall be admitted to the United Kingdom if he produces, on arrival, a valid national identity card or passport issued by another EEA State.\n(2) Subject to article 15(1) and paragraph (3), a family member of an EEA national shall be admitted to the United Kingdom if he produces, on arrival, a valid national identity card issued by an EEA State or a valid passport and, if required, proof that he is such a family member.\n(3) A family member who is not an EEA national must also hold, if he is a visa national or a person who seeks to be admitted to instal himself with an EEA national, an EEA family permit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1895/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:29:18.030696+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."
}