Section 10C: Removal: notice requirements in port cases

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 · 1999 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Immigration: General

This section applies to a person who is liable to removal under section 10 if the person was refused leave to enter upon their arrival in the United Kingdom.

The person may be removed if—

the Secretary of State or an immigration officer has given the person a notice of departure details under this section which—
states the date on which the person is to be removed, and
states the destination to which the person is to be removed and any stops that are expected to be made on the way to that destination, and
the date stated under paragraph (a)(i) is a date before the end of the period of seven days beginning with the day after the day on which the person was refused leave to enter.

At any time before the person is removed, the Secretary of State or an immigration officer may replace a notice of departure details under this section.

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