Nationality and Borders Act 2022
The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Royal Assent
- Priti Patel
- 6 July 2021
- 11 October 2024
What the bill does
Make provision about nationality, asylum and immigration; to make provision about victims of slavery or human trafficking; to provide a power for Tribunals to charge participants where their behaviour has wasted the Tribunal’s resources; and for connected purposes.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading6 JUL 2021 · COMMONS
- 2nd reading19 JUL 2021 · COMMONS
- Ways and Means resolution19 JUL 2021 · COMMONS
- Money resolution19 JUL 2021 · COMMONS
- Programme motion20 JUL 2021 · COMMONS
- Committee stage21 SEP 2021 · COMMONS
- Report stage7 DEC 2021 · COMMONS
- 3rd reading8 DEC 2021 · COMMONS
- Consideration of Lords amendments22 MAR 2022 · COMMONS
- Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons4 APR 2022 · LORDS
- Consideration of Lords message27 APR 2022 · COMMONS
- Royal Assent (current stage)28 APR 2022 · UNASSIGNED
What Royal Assent means, and what happens next
The bill has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
Its provisions come into force on the date the Act specifies, which may be immediately, on a set date, or when a minister makes a commencement order.
Read the full guide to this stage: What happens at Royal Assent
Official bill page on parliament.uk
Questions about the Nationality and Borders Act 2022
- What stage is the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 at?
- The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Has the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 become law?
- Yes. The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 has received Royal Assent and is now an Act of Parliament.
- Who sponsored the Nationality and Borders Act 2022?
- The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 was sponsored by Priti Patel.
- When was the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 introduced?
- It was introduced to Parliament on 6 July 2021, at first reading.
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