{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-leave-to-enter-and-remain-order-2000/article-8A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-leave-to-enter-and-remain-order-2000/article-8A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1161",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-leave-to-enter-and-remain-order-2000",
  "path": "article/8A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": "Automatic grant of leave",
  "text": "(1) An immigration officer may authorise a person to be a person who may obtain leave to enter the United Kingdom by passing through an automated gate.\n(2) Such an authorisation may—\n(a) only authorise a person to obtain leave to enter the United Kingdom as one of the categories of person under the immigration rules mentioned in paragraph (5);\n(b) set out the conditions of use for an automated gate;\n(c) list the automated gates for which the authorisation is valid;\n(d) remain in force for up to 24 months; and\n(e) be varied or withdrawn at any time, with or without notice being given to the person.\n(3) This paragraph applies to a person who passes through an automated gate—\n(a) having been authorised under paragraph (1) as a person who may obtain leave to enter the United Kingdom by passing through an automated gate;\n(b) in accordance with the conditions of use for an automated gate;\n(c) which is an automated gate for which the authorisation is valid; and\n(d) while the authorisation remains in force.\n...\n(3A) A person to whom paragraph (3) applies shall be given leave to enter the United Kingdom for—\n(a) six months in the case of a person falling within a category mentioned in paragraph (5)(a) or (c), or\n(b) 48 hours in the case of a person falling within the category mentioned in paragraph (5)(b).\n(4) Such leave shall be subject to conditions prohibiting employment and recourse to public funds (within the meaning of the immigration rules as they apply to the category of person under the immigration rules for which the person has been authorised under paragraph (1)).\n(5) The categories of person under the immigration rules mentioned in this paragraph are—\n(a) a visitor (standard);\n(b) a transit visitor;\n(c) a parent of a Tier 4 (child) student.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 8A inserted (25.3.2010) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/957), arts. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 8A(3) substituted (23.11.2016) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(i) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 8A(3)(d) omitted (23.11.2016) by virtue of The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(ii) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 8A(3A) inserted (23.11.2016) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(b) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 8A(4) inserted (23.11.2016) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(c) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 8A(5) substituted (23.11.2016) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(d) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1161/article/8A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:45.310525+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."
}