{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-129",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-129.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/41",
  "legislation_title": "Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002",
  "path": "section/129",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "129",
  "heading": "Local authority",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may require a local authority to supply information for the purpose of establishing where a person is if the Secretary of State reasonably suspects that—\n(a) the person has committed an offence under section 24(A1), (B1), (C1), (D1), (E1) , (E1A) or (1)(b), (c) or (f), 24A(1) or 26(1)(c) or (d) of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) (illegal entry, deception, &c.), and\n(b) the person is or has been resident in the local authority’s area.\n(2) A local authority shall comply with a requirement under this section.\n(3) In the application of this section to England and Wales “local authority” means—\n(a) a county council,\n(b) a county borough council,\n(c) a district council,\n(d) a London borough council,\n(e) the Common Council of the City of London, and\n(f) the Council of the Isles of Scilly.\n(4) In the application of this section to Scotland “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).\n(5) In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—\n(a) a reference to a local authority shall be taken as a reference to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, and\n(b) the reference to a local authority’s area shall be taken as a reference to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 129(1)(a) inserted (28.6.2022 for specified purposes) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 40(8)(a), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, reg. 2, Sch. 1 para. 20 (with Sch. 2 para. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 129(1)(a) inserted (5.1.2026) by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 21(10)(a), 65(1); S.I. 2025/1318, reg. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/41/section/129",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:47.769208+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."
}