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Section 23: Provisions relating to support: England and Wales

Illegal Migration Act 2023 · 2023 c. 37View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

REPEALED on 2025-12-02 by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

Subsection (2) applies in relation to a person if—

the Secretary of State is required by section 2(1) to make arrangements for the removal of the person from the United Kingdom,
a positive reasonable grounds decision has been made in relation to the person, and
section 22(3) (cooperation with public authority) does not apply in relation to the person.

Any duty under section 50A of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (assistance and support) to secure that any necessary assistance and support is available to the person does not apply in relation to the person.

In this section “positive reasonable grounds decision” has the same meaning as in section 22.

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