D7.15 Time limit(s) within which a deportation order must be made
Immigration Act 1987 s 93
- An order to deport a residence permit holder or an exempt person following their conviction cannot be made more than 6 months after the following dates:
- if a person is sentenced to imprisonment for a single offence that makes the person liable to deportation, the date on which the person is released from imprisonment; or
- if the person is not sentenced to imprisonment, the date on which the person is convicted of the offence that makes the person liable to deportation; or
- if the person is convicted of 2 offences that together make that person liable to deportation, the latest of the following dates:
- the date on which the person is convicted of the earlier offence; or
- the date on which the person is convicted of the later offence; or
- the date on which the person is released from imprisonment for the earlier offence; or
- the date on which the person is released from imprisonment for the later offence.
- In cases where a person is sentenced to imprisonment for any further offence(s) before the 6 month period referred to in (a) above expires, the provisions of that paragraph apply as if the further offence(s) were the offence(s) that made the person liable to deportation.
