{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-security-act-2015/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/counter-terrorism-and-security-act-2015/section-7.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/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Issue of permit to return: deportation or urgent situation",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must issue a permit to return to an individual if the Secretary of State considers that the individual is to be deported to the United Kingdom.\n(2) The Secretary of State may issue a permit to return to an individual if—\n(a) the Secretary of State considers that, because of the urgency of the situation, it is expedient to issue a permit to return even though no application has been made under section 6, and\n(b) there is no duty to issue a permit to return under subsection (1).\n(3) Subsection (1) or (2) applies whether or not any request has been made to issue the permit to return under that provision.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}