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Section 8 Offences in respect of exclusion orders.

United Kingdom

(1)

A person who is subject to an exclusion order is guilty of an offence if he fails to comply with the order at a time after he has been, or has become liable to be, removed under Schedule 2 to this Act.

(2)

A person is guilty of an offence—

(a)

if he is knowingly concerned in arrangements for securing or facilitating the entry into Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom of a person whom he knows, or has reasonable grounds for believing, to be an excluded person; or

(b)

if he knowingly harbours such a person in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom.

(3)

In subsection (2) above “excluded person” means—

(a)

in relation to Great Britain, a person subject to an exclusion order made under section 5 above who has been, or has become liable to be, removed from Great Britain under Schedule 2 to this Act;

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, a person subject to an exclusion order made under section 6 above who has been, or has become liable to be, removed from Northern Ireland under that Schedule; and

(c)

in relation to the United Kingdom, a person subject to an exclusion order made under section 7 above who has been, or has become liable to be, removed from the United Kingdom under that Schedule.

(4)

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine or both;

(b)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

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Act repealed (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 2(1)(a), 125, Sch. 16 Pt I (with s. 129(1); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2

Notes on Part II

Textual amendments

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Pt. II: the provisions of Pt. II shall cease to be in force on 22.3.1998 by virtue of S.I. 1998/768, art. 3