SCHEDULE 10 Immigration Bail | Part 2 | Amendments To Other Acts | Immigration Act 2016 C19

Part 2 Amendments to other Acts

Immigration Act 2016 (2016 c 19) | Legislation

Part 2 Amendments to other Acts

Immigration Act 1971 (c 77)

The Immigration Act 1971 is amended as follows.

In section 11(1) (construction of references to entry)—

(a) omit “, or temporarily admitted or released while liable to detention,”,

(b) omit “or by Part III of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999”, and

(c) for “or by section 68 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002” substitute “or on immigration bail within the meaning of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016”.

(1) Section 24 (illegal entry and other similar offences) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) omit paragraph (e), and

(b) at the end of paragraph (g) insert “;

(h) if the person is on immigration bail within the meaning of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 and, without reasonable excuse, the person breaches a bail condition within the meaning of that Schedule.”

(3) In subsection (3) for “28” substitute “28(1)”.

(4) After that subsection insert—

“(3A) The extended time limit for prosecutions which is provided for by section 28(1A) below shall apply to offences under subsection (1)(h) above.”

(1) Section 28 (proceedings