Amendments proposed to the Immigration and Asylum Bill - continued House of Commons

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Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

271

Clause     46,     page     29,     line     26,     at end insert 'or

      (c) if the person was deported following a recommendation of a court after conviction for an offence or offences for which he received a sentence of imprisonment.'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

272

Clause     47,     page     30,     line     5,     at end insert 'unless that decision was mandatory under immigration rules'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

273

Clause     47,     page     30,     line     5,     at end insert—

    '(1A) An appeal under subsection (1) above does not entitle a person to remain in the United Kingdom when they are not otherwise entitled to do so.'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

275

Clause     47,     page     30,     line     18,     leave out 'may' and insert 'must'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

274

Clause     47,     page     30,     line     18,     at end add—

    '(6) An immigration officer or the Secretary of State may appeal to the High Court or the Court of Session against a decision by an adjudicator or the Tribunal to allow an appeal under subsection 5 above.'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

276

Clause     47,     page     30,     line     18,     at end add—

    '(6) This section shall not come into force unless the Secretary of State has laid before each House of Parliament a report setting out details of the human rights training given to immigration officers, the Immigration Appellate Authority and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers require such training.'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

536

*Clause     47,     page     30,     line     18,     at end add—

    '( ) Section 6 of this Act shall not come into force until the day on which this section comes into force.'.


   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

537

*Clause     48,     page     30,     leave out line 23.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

117

Clause     48,     page     30,     line     28,     after 'directions', insert—

      '(a) if subsection (1)(a) or subsection (1)(c) applies to him; or

      (b)'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

118

Clause     48,     page     30,     line     30,     after 'given', insert '; or

      (c) if subsection (1)(b) applies to him on any of the grounds put forward by him pursuant to section 55 of this Act, provided that he has not already exercised any right of appeal which he may have had under this or any other section in this Part.'

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

277

Clause     48,     page     30,     line     32,     leave out 'unless he is appealing under section 47 or 51 (4)'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

119

Clause     48,     page     30,     line     32,     after '47', insert 'or subsection (2)(c)'.'


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

278

Clause     49,     page     30,     leave out line 38.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

279

Clause     49,     page     31,     leave out lines 1 to 12.

   

Mr Mike O'Brien

53

Clause     49,     page     31,     leave out line 13.


   

Mr Mike O'Brien

54

Clause     50,     page     31,     leave out line 27.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

280

Clause     52,     page     32,     leave out lines 40 to 42.


   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

555

*Clause     54,     page     33,     leave out lines 11 to 14.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

556

*Clause     54,     page     33,     leave out lines 15 to 17.


   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

538

*Clause     55,     page     33,     leave out lines 19 to 22 and insert—

    '(1) This section applies if the Secretary of State is minded to refuse an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom and the applicant would have a right of appeal under this Act against such a refusal.'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

120

Clause     55,     page     33,     line     23,     leave out from 'applies' to end of line 24 and insert—

      '(a) if directions are given for a person's removal from the United Kingdom under section 6 of this Act and he appeals to an adjudicator under section 48(2)(c), provided that he has not already exercised any right of appeal which he may have had under this or any other section in Part IV; and

      (b) in such other circumstances as may be prescribed.'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

281

Clause     55,     page     33,     leave out lines 25 to 28 and insert—

    '(3) The Secretary of State must serve on the applicant and on any dependent member of his family a notice requiring the recipient of the notice to state if he wishes to rely on any of the grounds specified in subsections (5)(a), (b) or (c) below.'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

552

*Clause     55,     page     33,     line     25,     leave out 'relevant' and insert 'dependent'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

121

Clause     55,     page     33,     line     39,     at end insert—

      '(d) if he claims that the decision to remove him under section 6 of this Act was not in accordance with the immigration rules or otherwise in accordance with the law, must include notice of the immigration rule applicable and any other ground relied upon.'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

282

Clause     55,     page     33,     line     39,     at end insert—

    '(5A) When an applicant serves a statement on the Secretary of State under subsection (4) above stating that he wishes to make a claim for asylum, give notice of intention to appeal or claim that he is entitled to the benefit of a concession as outlined under subsection (5) above the Secretary of State must—

      (a) within one month, serve on the applicant a statement setting out his response to the applicant's statement and, where the Secretary of State disputes the applicant's statement, give such particulars as he thinks fit; and

      (b) when any proceedings come before the Immigration Appellate Authority as a result of the applicant exercising a right of appeal as outlined in paragraph (a) above, serve a copy of the statement required under that paragraph on the Immigration Appellate Authority.'.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

553

*Clause     55,     page     33,     leave out lines 40 and 41.

   

Mr Richard Allan
Dr Vincent Cable

122

Clause     55,     page     34,     line     2,     at end insert—

    '(8) The Secretary of State shall, in any statement of the rules provided for under section 3(2) of the 1971 Act, include rules setting out the relevant factors which the Secretary of State must take into account before deciding to exercise his discretion to remove a person and any family member of that person under section 6 of this Act.'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

283

Clause     56,     page     34,     leave out lines 30 and 31 and insert—

    '(9) Subsection (2), (4), (6) or (8) does not apply

      (a) if the Secretary of State considers that the applicant had a reasonable excuse for the omission or

(b) if at the hearing of any appeal the adjudicator, special adjudicator or tribunal (as the case may be) considers that the applicant had a reasonable excuse for the omission.'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

284

Clause     56,     page     34,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '(11) Subsection (9) above shall not apply where the adjudicator, special adjudicator or tribunal (as the case may be) considers that an appellant's human rights have been breached or where any removal would be a breach of the Refugee Convention.'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

285

Clause     57,     page     34,     line     41,     at end insert 'but the special adjudicator must inform the appellant of any additional grounds he is considering.'.

   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

286

Clause     57,     page     35,     line     1,     at end insert 'and may allow the appeal on any of the additional grounds raised'.


   

Sir Norman Fowler
Mr James Clappison
Mr John Greenway

287

Clause     58,     page     35,     line     15,     at end insert 'unless the grounds arise out of a claim for asylum or an appeal under section 47 which has been certified by the Secretary of State under subsection (4) or subsection (6) of section 56 above'.

 
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