6. In section 6 (recommendations by court for deportation)(1) —
(a)in subsection (1) omit the proviso;
(b)in subsection (2) for the words from “adjournment” to “Northern Ireland” substitute “a court to adjourn”;
(c)in subsection (3)(b) for the words “first offenders” substitute “persons who have not previously been sentenced to imprisonment”;
(d)in subsection (5) for the words after “on which it is made;” substitute “but the recommendation shall be treated as a sentence for the purpose of any enactment providing an appeal against sentence.”;
(e)in subsection (6) omit the words after “bringing that appeal”; and
(f)omit subsection (7).
Section 6 was amended by the British Nationality Act 1981, section 39(6) and Schedule 4 paragraph 2.