The Immigration (Exemption from Control) (Amendment) Order 2025
Source: legislation.gov.uk (2025-07-16)

This Order amends the 
Immigration (Exemption from Control) Order 1972 (“the principal Order”), made under section 8(2) of the 
Immigration Act 1971 (“the Act”).

Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 663

IMMIGRATION

The Immigration (Exemption from Control) (Amendment) Order 2025

Made

5th June 2025

Laid before Parliament

12th June 2025

Coming into force

17th July 2025

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(2) of the Immigration Act 1971(1 (\"#f00001\")).

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Exemption from Control) (Amendment) Order 2025 and comes into force on 17th July 2025.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Amendment to the Immigration (Exemption from Control) Order 1972

2. In Article 4 of the Immigration (Exemption from Control) Order 1972(2 (\"#f00002\")), after paragraph (ma) insert—

“(mb)any member of staff employed by the Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom where all the following sub-paragraphs apply:

(i)their employment is at the level of Representative, Deputy Representative, Director General, Deputy Director General, Director, Deputy Director, Senior Assistant Director, or Assistant Director,

(ii)they are employed in the capacity of a representative function,

(iii)they are not employed in the capacity of administrative, transportation, maintenance, service or other ancillary functions,

(iv)they are in the full-time employment of the Taipei Representative Office and are not engaged in the United Kingdom in any private occupation for gain, and

(v)they were resident outside the United Kingdom, and were not in the United Kingdom, when they were offered such employment.”.

Seema Malhotra

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

5th June 2025

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Immigration (Exemption from Control) Order 1972 (\"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1613\") (“the principal Order”), made under section 8 (\"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/8\")(2) (\"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/8\") of the Immigration Act 1971 (\"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77\") (“the Act”).

Article 4 (\"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1613/article/4\") of the principal Order (\"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1613\") exempts specified classes of person from the provisions of the Act (\"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77\") applicable to those who are not British citizens, except any provision relating to deportation. This Order amends Article 4 (\"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1613/article/4\") of the principal Order (\"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1613\") to add new specified classes of person, namely eligible employees of the Taipei Representative Office and their family members.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

1971 c. 77 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/77\"); section 8(2) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/61\").

(2)

S.I. 1972/1613 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1972/1613\"). Article 4 was amended by relevant amending instruments S.I. 1977/693 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1977/693\"), 1985/1809 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1985/1809\"), 1997/1402 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1402\"), 1997/2207 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/2207\"), 2004/3171 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2004/3171\"), 2021/21 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/21\"), 2024/723 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/723\").