{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-security-act-2015/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-security-act-2015/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/6",
  "legislation_title": "Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-security-act-2015",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Temporary exclusion orders: supplementary provision",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must give notice of the imposition of a temporary exclusion order to the individual on whom it is imposed (the “excluded individual”).\n(2) Notice of the imposition of a temporary exclusion order must include an explanation of the procedure for making an application under section 6 for a permit to return.\n(3) A temporary exclusion order—\n(a) comes into force when notice of its imposition is given; and\n(b) is in force for the period of two years (unless revoked or otherwise brought to an end earlier).\n(4) The Secretary of State may revoke a temporary exclusion order at any time.\n(5) The Secretary of State must give notice of the revocation of a temporary exclusion order to the excluded individual.\n(6) If a temporary exclusion order is revoked, it ceases to be in force when notice of its revocation is given.\n(7) The validity of a temporary exclusion order is not affected by the excluded individual—\n(a) returning to the United Kingdom, or\n(b) departing from the United Kingdom.\n(8) The imposition of a temporary exclusion order does not prevent a further temporary exclusion order from being imposed on the excluded individual (including in a case where an order ceases to be in force at the expiry of its two year duration).\n(9) At the time when a temporary exclusion order comes into force, any British passport held by the excluded individual is invalidated.\n(10) During the period when a temporary exclusion order is in force, the issue of a British passport to the excluded individual while he or she is outside the United Kingdom is not valid.\n(11) In this section “British passport” means a passport, or other document which enables or facilitates travel from one state to another (except a permit to return), that has been—\n(a) issued by or for Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and\n(b) issued in respect of a person's status as a British citizen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/6/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:09.575209+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}