# The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 (revoked), Paragraph 2: Persons not subject to restriction on the period for which they may remain


(1) For the purposes of the 1971 Act and the British Nationality Act 1981 , 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.
(2) But a qualified person, the family member of a qualified person , 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1003/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2006-revoked/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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