{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2326",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "IMMIGRATION\nMade 30th August 2000\nLaid before Parliament 1st September 2000\nComing into force 2nd October 2000\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to rights of entry into, and residence in, the United Kingdom, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2), and of the powers conferred on him by section 80 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/1813."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1999 c. 33."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2326/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:33:45.002761+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."
}