CONFIDENTIAL
the immigration laws to any restriction
on the period for which he might remain
in the United Kingdom; and
(a)
that he was not at any time in the period
of five years so ending in the United
Kingdom in breach of the immigration laws.
(3) If in the special circumstances of any
particular case the Secretary of State thinks fit, he may
for the purposes of subsection (2) do all or any of the
following things, namely
(a) treat the person to whom the application
relates as fulfilling the requirement
specified in subsection (2)(a) er
subsection (2)(b), or both, although the
number of days on which he was absent from
the United Kingdom in the period there
mentioned exceeds the number there
mentioned;
(b) disregard any such restriction as is
mentioned in subsection (2)(c), not being
a restriction to which that person was
subject on the date of the application;
(c) treat that person as fulfilling the
requirement specified in subsection (2)(a)
although he was in the United Kingdom in
breach of the immigration laws in the
period there mentioned.
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