{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1991/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1991/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/53",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1991",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Persons liable to removal from the United Kingdom.",
  "text": "(1) In relation to a long-term prisoner who is liable to removal from the United Kingdom, section 35 above shall have effect as if the words “if recommended to do so by the Board” were omitted.\n(2) In relation to a person who is liable to removal from the United Kingdom, section 37 above shall have effect as if subsection (4A) were omitted .\n(3) A person is liable to removal from the United Kingdom for the purposes of this section if—\n(a) he is liable to deportation under section 3(5) of the Immigration Act 1971 and has been notified of a decision to make a deportation order against him;\n(b) he is liable to deportation under section 3(6) of that Act;\n(c) he has been notified of a decision to refuse him leave to enter the United Kingdom; or\n(d) he is an illegal entrant within the meaning of section 33(1) of that Act. or\n(e) he is liable to removal under section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 46(2) substituted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para.89; S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(y)(2)(dd)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 46(3)(e) and word inserted (14.6.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 262, 336, Sch. 20 para. 3(1); S.I. 2004/829, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 77."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 43-46 applied (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 41, 56(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 8(4), 9(2)(a)(4), Sch. 5 paras. 9(1)(b),10(1)(c)(2)(a); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1).Ss. 41-46 applied (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 41, 56(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 8(2), Sch. 5 para. 9(1)(a); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1).Ss. 35-46 applied (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 41, 56(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 9(2), Sch. 5 para. 10(1)(b); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1).S. 46 applied (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 41, 56(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 8, 9(4), Sch. 5 paras. 9(2)(a)(b), 10(2)(b); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 46(3)(a) extended (2.10.2000) by S.I. 2000/2444, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Pt. II (ss. 32-51) wholly in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:55.708645+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."
}