Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
E431678
The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is a key UK statute that overhauled immigration and asylum procedures, including the regulation of immigration advice and services and the restructuring of support for asylum seekers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4328383 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Context triple: [Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, legalBasis, Immigration and Asylum Act 1999]
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A.
Immigration Act 1971
The Immigration Act 1971 is a key UK law that established the modern framework for immigration control and the rights of entry and residence for people coming to or living in the United Kingdom.
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B.
British Nationality Act 1981
The British Nationality Act 1981 is a key UK law that redefined British citizenship and nationality categories, replacing earlier legislation and shaping modern British nationality law.
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C.
Immigration Rules (United Kingdom)
Immigration Rules (United Kingdom) are the detailed legal framework that governs who can enter, stay, work, and settle in the UK and under what conditions.
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D.
Refugee Act of 1980
The Refugee Act of 1980 is a landmark U.S. law that created a permanent, standardized system for admitting and resettling refugees in accordance with international humanitarian principles.
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E.
Immigration Act of 1990
The Immigration Act of 1990 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by significantly increasing legal immigration levels, creating new visa categories (including the diversity visa lottery), and revising grounds for exclusion and deportation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Target entity description: The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is a key UK statute that overhauled immigration and asylum procedures, including the regulation of immigration advice and services and the restructuring of support for asylum seekers.
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A.
Immigration Act 1971
The Immigration Act 1971 is a key UK law that established the modern framework for immigration control and the rights of entry and residence for people coming to or living in the United Kingdom.
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B.
British Nationality Act 1981
The British Nationality Act 1981 is a key UK law that redefined British citizenship and nationality categories, replacing earlier legislation and shaping modern British nationality law.
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C.
Immigration Rules (United Kingdom)
Immigration Rules (United Kingdom) are the detailed legal framework that governs who can enter, stay, work, and settle in the UK and under what conditions.
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D.
Refugee Act of 1980
The Refugee Act of 1980 is a landmark U.S. law that created a permanent, standardized system for admitting and resettling refugees in accordance with international humanitarian principles.
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E.
Immigration Act of 1990
The Immigration Act of 1990 is a major U.S. federal law that overhauled immigration policy by significantly increasing legal immigration levels, creating new visa categories (including the diversity visa lottery), and revising grounds for exclusion and deportation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom immigration law ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NASS ⓘ |
| amends |
Asylum and Immigration Act 1996
ⓘ
Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 ⓘ Immigration Act 1971 ⓘ |
| assignsFunctionTo |
Secretary of State for the Home Department
ⓘ
linked to:
Home Secretary
|
| citationByYearAndChapter | 1999 c. 33 ⓘ |
| containsProvisionsOn |
appeal rights for immigration and asylum decisions
ⓘ
criminal offences related to immigration ⓘ immigration officers' powers ⓘ support for asylum-seeking families ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createsBody |
Immigration Services Commissioner
ⓘ
National Asylum Support Service ⓘ Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner ⓘ |
| establishesRegulatoryRegimeFor |
immigration advisers
ⓘ
immigration service providers ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England and Wales
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force with amendments ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act to make provision about immigration, asylum and nationality; and for connected purposes. ⓘ |
| parliament |
Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
British Parliament
|
| partNumber |
Part I
ⓘ
Part II ⓘ Part III ⓘ Part IV ⓘ Part V ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
reform asylum procedures in the United Kingdom
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reform immigration procedures in the United Kingdom ⓘ regulate immigration advice and services ⓘ restructure support for asylum seekers ⓘ |
| providesFor |
exemption of certain professional bodies from immigration advice regulation
ⓘ
registration of immigration advisers ⓘ |
| reforms | asylum support system ⓘ |
| regulates |
immigration advice
ⓘ
immigration services ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1999-11-11 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
accommodation centres for asylum seekers
ⓘ
appeals in immigration and asylum cases ⓘ asylum support ⓘ carrier liability for bringing inadequately documented passengers ⓘ detention and removal of immigrants ⓘ dispersal of asylum seekers ⓘ immigration control ⓘ support for destitute asylum seekers ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1999 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 Description of subject: The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is a key UK statute that overhauled immigration and asylum procedures, including the regulation of immigration advice and services and the restructuring of support for asylum seekers.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.