Paragraph 2 Persons not subject to restriction on the period for which they may remainF1

For the purposes of the 1971 Act and the British Nationality Act 1981 M1, a person who has a permanent right of residence under regulation 15 shall be regarded as a person who is in the United Kingdom without being subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period for which he may remain.

But a qualified person, the family member of a qualified person F2, a person with a derivative right of residence and a family member who has retained the right of residence shall not, by virtue of that status, be so regarded for those purposes.