SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12 U.K. Discipline etc at [F1 Removal Centres]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 12 substituted (10.2.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 66(2)(3)(l), 162(1) (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch.

Assisting detained persons to escape U.K.

4 (1) A person who aids any detained person in escaping or attempting to escape from a [F1 removal centre] or short-term holding facility is guilty of an offence. U.K.

(2) A person who, with intent to facilitate the escape of any detained person from a [F1 removal centre] or short-term holding facility—

(a) conveys any thing into the centre or facility or to a detained person,

(b) sends any thing (by post or otherwise) into the centre or facility or to a person detained there,

(c) places any thing anywhere outside the centre or facility with a view to its coming into the possession of a person detained there,

is guilty of an offence.

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.