Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to provide for customs functions to be exercisable by the Secretary of State, the Director of Border Revenue and officials designated by them; to make provision about the use and disclosure of customs information; to make provision for and in connection with the exercise of customs functions and functions relating to immigration, asylum or nationality; to make provision about citizenship and other nationality matters; to make further provision about immigration and asylum; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2009 c. 11
Introduced by	Jacqui Smith MP (Commons) Lord West of Spithead (Lords)
Territorial extent	England and Wales Scotland Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	21 July 2009
Commencement	various
Other legislation
Amends	Immigration Act 1971 Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
Amended by	Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 Finance Act 2012 Energy Act 2013 Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 Citizenship (Armed Forces) Act 2014 Immigration Act 2014 Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 Investigatory Powers Act 2016 Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 Data Protection Act 2018 Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 Nationality and Borders Act 2022 Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Application to Immigration Officers and Designated Customs Officials in Northern Ireland) and Consequential Amendments Regulations 2026
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Prior to the act, residents who had spent five years living in the United Kingdom were able to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain. Under the act, five years of residence leads to "probationary citizenship", which can lead to full citizenship after earning a certain number of "points", such as volunteering or "civic activism."

The act gives customs and immigration powers to staff of the UK Border Agency to deal with the smuggling of drugs, tobacco and weapons.

The act imposes a duty on the Secretary of State to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the UK.

Commencement

See section 58 of the act and the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2009 (SI 2009/2731 (C. 119)).

External links

• Text of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
• Text of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.