46 Removals: notice requirements

Removals

46  Removals: notice requirements

(1)     Section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (removal of persons unlawfully in the United Kingdom) is amended as set out in subsections (2) to (6).

(2)     In subsection (1)—

(a)     for “may be removed” substitute “is liable to removal”;

(b)     omit “under the authority of the Secretary of State or an immigration officer”.

(3)     For subsection (2) substitute—

“(2)     Where a person (“P”) is liable to removal, or has been removed, from the United Kingdom under this section, a member of P's family who meets the following three conditions is also liable to removal from the United Kingdom, provided that the Secretary of State or an immigration officer has given the family member written notice of the fact that they are liable to removal.”

(4)     After subsection (6) insert—

“(6A)     A person who is liable to removal from the United Kingdom under this section may be removed only under the authority of the Secretary of State or an immigration officer and in accordance with sections 10A to 10E.”

(5)     In subsection (7), for “subsection (1) or (2)” substitute “this section”.

(6)     In subsection (10)—

(a)     in paragraph (a), for “subsection (2)”

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