| Short Title: | Immigration Act 2014 |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to make provision about immigration law; to limit, or otherwise make provision about, access to services, facilities and employment by reference to immigration status; to make provision about marriage and civil partnership involving certain foreign nationals; to make provision about the acquisition of citizenship by persons unable to acquire it because their fathers and mothers were not married to each other[1] and provision about the removal of citizenship from persons whose conduct is seriously prejudicial to the United Kingdom’s vital interests; and for connected purposes. |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 2014 c. 22 |
| Introduced By: | Theresa May 10 October 2013[2] |
| Territorial Extent: | United Kingdom (although one section apply to England and Wales only)[3] |
| Royal Assent: | 14 May 2014 |
| Commencement: | 14 July 2014[4] |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/pdfs/ukpga_20140022_en.pdf |
| Legislation History: | http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/immigration/stages.html |
The Immigration Act 2014 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014.[5] The act makes provision to prevent private landlords from renting houses to people without legal status, to prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining driving licences and bank accounts[6] and for the investigation of sham marriages. Landlords who rent housing to illegal migrants without carrying out these checks will bear civil liability. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in a civil penalty of no more than 3,000 pounds.[7]
Only six Labour MPs opposed the Act; Diane Abbott, Jeremy Corbyn, Kelvin Hopkins, John McDonnell, Fiona Mactaggart and Dennis Skinner.[8]
The Act removes key protections for Commonwealth citizens residing in the United Kingdom that existed in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999[9] which was a major preceding factor in the Windrush scandal that involved at least 83 wrongful deportations.[10]