77 No removal while claim for asylum pending
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (2002 c 41) | Legislation

77  No removal while claim for asylum pending

(1)     While a person's claim for asylum is pending he may not be—

(a)     removed from the United Kingdom in accordance with a provision of the Immigration Acts, or

(b)     required to leave the United Kingdom in accordance with a provision of the Immigration Acts.

(2)     In this section—

(a)     “claim for asylum” means a claim by a person that it would be contrary to the United Kingdom's obligations under the Refugee Convention to remove him from or require him to leave the United Kingdom, and

(b)     a person's claim is pending until he is given notice of the Secretary of State's decision on it.

[(2A)     This section does not prevent a person being removed to, or being required

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