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), 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.”.