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Section 84B: Limitations on acting under supervision: other sanctions

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 · 1999 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part V: Immigration Advisers and Immigration Service Providers

The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that a person is not entitled to provide immigration advice or immigration services by virtue of section 84(2)(e) where—

the person is subject to a professional sanction of a kind specified in the regulations, or
in the circumstances specified in the regulations, the person is disqualified or suspended from practice as a member of a relevant profession.

The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that a person ("P") is not entitled to provide immigration advice or immigration services by virtue of section 84(2)(e) where—

when P entered into the arrangement for supervision—
P was or had previously been subject to a professional sanction of a kind specified in the regulations, or
in the circumstances specified in the regulations, P was or had previously been disqualified or suspended from practice as a member of a relevant profession, and
P did not inform the person by whom P was to be supervised of that fact before entering into the arrangement for supervision.

In this section—

  • "professional sanction" means an order, direction or decision which is imposed, given or made by, or other action which is taken by—a designated professional body,a designated qualifying regulator,a relevant disciplinary body,an Inn of Court, ora judge, court or tribunal in the exercise of a function in relation to the provision of legal services;

  • "relevant disciplinary body" means a body established wholly or partly for the purpose of exercising disciplinary functions in relation to—members of a designated professional body, orpersons regulated by a designated qualifying regulator;

  • "relevant profession" means a profession which is regulated by a designated professional body or a designated qualifying regulator.

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