Section 8 Offences in respect of exclusion orders.
United Kingdom
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.
A person is guilty of an offence—
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
if he knowingly harbours such a person in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom.
In subsection (2) above “excluded person” means—
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;
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
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.
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine or both;
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Act repealed (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 2(1)(a), 125, Sch. 16 Pt I (with s. 129(1); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2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