Prospective

Part 10U.K.Special immigration status

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 10: power to amend conferred (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 28.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss., 82(2)(k), (3)-(6), 87(1)(4)(i) 82(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 29

130DesignationU.K.

(1)The Secretary of State may designate a person who satisfies Condition 1 or 2 (subject to subsections (4) and (5)).

(2)Condition 1 is that the person—

(a)is a foreign criminal within the meaning of section 131, and

(b)is liable to deportation, but cannot be removed from the United Kingdom because of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) (public authority not to act contrary to Convention).

(3)Condition 2 is that the person is a member of the family of a person who satisfies Condition 1.

(4)A person who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom may not be designated.

(5)The Secretary of State may not designate a person if the Secretary of State thinks that an effect of designation would breach—

(a)the United Kingdom's obligations under the Refugee Convention, F1...

F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .