{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-leave-to-remain-prescribed-forms-and-procedures-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/771",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Leave to Remain) (Prescribed Forms and Procedures) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-leave-to-remain-prescribed-forms-and-procedures-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "IMMIGRATION\nMade 16th March 2005\nLaid before Parliament 17th March 2005\nComing into force 1st April 2005\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 31A of the Immigration Act 1971, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 77. Section 31A was inserted by section 165 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) and amended by section 121 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/771/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:02:37.320108+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."
}