HA. That's actually quite funny.[/
Automatic deportation due to a criminal record
The
UK Borders Act 2007 (s32) allows for the automatic deportation of ‘foreign criminals’.
(1) A ‘foreign criminal’ is defined in the Act as a person:
- who is not a British citizen
- who is convicted* in the United Kingdom of an offence, and
- to whom Condition 1 and 2 below applies
(2) Condition 1 is that the person is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of 12 months or more.
(3) Condition 2 is that:
- The offence is specified by order of the Secretary of State under section 72(4)(a) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c.41) (serious criminal), and
- The person is sentenced to a period of imprisonment.
*’Convicted’ does not include somebody deemed not guilty of an offence by reason of insanity and who are then made the subject of an order under section 5 of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964.