{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-261",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-261.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "section/261",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "261",
  "heading": "Removal under section 260 and subsequent return to UK: effect on sentence",
  "text": "Where a person—\n(a) has been removed from prison under section 260 on or after the day on which section 47 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 came into force,\n(b) has been removed from the United Kingdom following that removal from prison, and\n(c) returns to the United Kingdom,\nthis Chapter applies to the person with the modifications set out in Schedule 19B.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 261 substituted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 47(9), 87(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 24 (with Sch. 2 para. 9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/261",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:40.404644+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."
}