# The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 2: Person not subject to restriction on the period for which they may remain


(1) For the purposes of the 1971 Act and British Nationality Act 1981, a person who has a right of permanent residence under regulation 15 must 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 the person may remain.
(2) But a qualified person, the family member of a qualified person, a person with a derivative right to reside and a family member who has retained the right of residence must not, by virtue of that status, be so regarded for those purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1052/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-european-economic-area-regulations-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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