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Point in time view as at 04/04/2005.

Changes to legislation:

Immigration Act 1971, Paragraph 22 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 27 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

22[F1(1)The following, namely—U.K.

(a)a person detained under paragraph 16(1) above pending examination;

[F2(aa)a person detained under paragraph 16(1A) above pending completion of his examination or a decision on whether to cancel his leave to enter;]] and

(b)a person detained under paragraph 16(2) above pending the giving of directions,

may be released on bail in accordance with this paragraph.

(1A)An immigration officer not below the rank of chief immigration officer or [F3the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal] may release a person so detained on his entering into a recognizance or, in Scotland, bail bond conditioned for his appearance before an immigration officer at a time and place named in the recognizance or bail bond or at such other time and place as may in the meantime be notified to him in writing by an immigration officer.

(1B)Sub-paragraph (1)(a) above shall not apply unless seven days have elapsed since the date of the person’s arrival in the United Kingdom.

(2)The conditions of a recognizance or bail bond taken under this paragraph may include conditions appearing to the [F4immigration officer or [F3the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal]] to be likely to result in the appearance of the person bailed at the required time and place; and any recognizance shall be with or without sureties as the [F4officer or [F3the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal]] may determine.

(3)In any case in which an [F5immigration officer or [F3the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal]] has power under this paragraph to release a person on bail, the [F5officer or [F3the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal]] may, instead of taking the bail, fix the amount and conditions of the bail (including the amount in which any sureties are to be bound) with a view to its being taken subsequently by any such person as may be specified by the [F5officer or [F3the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal]]; and on the recognizance or bail bond being so taken the person to be bailed shall be released.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 2 para. 22(1)(1A)(1B) substituted (1.9.1996) for para. 22(1) by 1996 c. 49, s. 12(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(1); S.I. 1996/2053, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II

F2Sch. 2 para. 22(1)(aa) inserted (14.2.2000) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 paras. 43, 63; S.I. 2000/168, art. 2, Sch

F4Words in Sch. 2 para. 22(2) substituted (1.9.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 12(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(2); S.I. 1996/2053, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II

F5Words in Sch. 2 para. 22(3) substituted (1.9.1996) by 1996 c. 49, s. 12(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(3); S.I. 1996/2053, art. 2, Sch. Pt. II

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 2 para. 22 modified (retrospectively and temp.) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), ss. 61(3)-(5), 94(3) (with s. 61(6))

C2Sch. 2 para. 22 modified (3.8.1998) by 1997 c. 68, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 1; S.I. 1998/1892, art. 2

C3Sch. 2 paras. 2-4, 7, 16-18, 21-24 applied (with modifications) (2.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2326, reg. 24(2) (with regs. 9, 28)

Sch. 2 para. 22 applied (2.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2326, reg. 25(3)(a) (with regs. 9, 28)

C4Sch. 2 para. 22(1A)(2)(3) applied (with modifications) (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, ss. 24(2)(a), 127(2)

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