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| Long title | An Act to make provision about asylum and immigration. |
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| Citation | 2004 c. 19 |
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| Royal assent | 22 July 2004 |
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| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It set various rules for immigrants to the United Kingdom. In 2006, section 19 of the Act was declared to be incompatible with the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Section 19 dealt the problem of so-called "sham marriages", where immigrants marry British citizens merely to gain leave to stay. In a case heard by the High Court of Justice in 2006, Mr Justice Stephen Silber ruled that as the section made an exemption for marriages held in the Anglican church, it discriminated against non-Anglicans.[2]
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 50 of this Act.
- ^ (April 10, 2006), "Government suspends sham marriage rules," The Guardian. Retrieved December 27, 2017