D7.15 Time limit(s) within which a deportation order must be made

Immigration Act 1987 s 93

1. 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:
   1. 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
   2. 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
   3. 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.
2. 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.

Effective 01/10/1999