{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/schedule-12/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/schedule-12/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/33",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person who aids any detained person in escaping or attempting to escape from a removal centre , a short-term holding facility or pre-departure accommodation is guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person who, with intent to facilitate the escape of any detained person from a removal centre , a short-term holding facility or pre-departure accommodation —\n(a) conveys any thing into the centre , facility or accommodation or to a detained person,\n(b) sends any thing (by post or otherwise) into the centre , facility or accommodation or to a person detained there,\n(c) places any thing anywhere outside the centre , facility or accommodation with a view to its coming into the possession of a person detained there,\nis guilty of an offence.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 substituted (10.2.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 66(2)(3)(l), 162(1) (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 4(1) substituted (28.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 12(3)(a)(i); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 4(2) substituted (28.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 12(3)(a)(ii); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 4(2)(a) substituted (28.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 12(3)(a)(iii); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 4(2)(b) substituted (28.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 12(3)(a)(iv); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(cc)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 4(2)(c) substituted (28.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 12(3)(a)(v); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(cc)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/schedule/12/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:34.566084+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."
}