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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/2011-01-21</dc:identifier><dc:title>Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make provision about the disclosure of information relating to criminal matters and about powers of search and seizure; to amend the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and the Terrorism Act 2000; to make provision about the police, the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad; to make provision about the powers of the courts in relation to criminal matters; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-01-16</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2011-01-21</dct:valid>
					
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or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/2/b/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/2/b" id="section-37-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the travel restriction order is suspended or revoked under section 35.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/3/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/3" id="section-37-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>No person shall be guilty of an offence under section 36 in respect of any act or omission required of him by an obligation imposed in the exercise of a prescribed removal power.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/4/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/4" id="section-37-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this section “<Term id="term-a-prescribed-removal-power">a prescribed removal power</Term>” means any such power conferred by or under any enactment as—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/4/a/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/4/a" id="section-37-4-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>consists in a power to order or direct the removal of a person from the United Kingdom; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/4/b/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/4/b" id="section-37-4-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>is designated for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/5/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/5" id="section-37-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>An order under subsection (2)(a) or (4) shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/6/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/6" id="section-37-6"><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P2para><Text>An order under subsection (2)(a)—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/6/a/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/6/a" id="section-37-6-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>may make different provision for different cases; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/6/b/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/6/b" id="section-37-6-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>may contain such incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision as the Secretary of State thinks fit.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/7/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37/7" id="section-37-7"><Pnumber>7</Pnumber><P2para><Text>References in this section to a person’s removal from the United Kingdom include references to his deportation, extradition, repatriation, delivery up or other transfer to a place outside the United Kingdom.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c8874301" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00585" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37" SectionRef="section-37">S. 37</CitationSubRef> wholly in force at 1.4.2002; <CitationSubRef id="c00586" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37" SectionRef="section-37">s. 37</CitationSubRef> not in force at Royal Assent see <CitationSubRef id="c00587" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/138" SectionRef="section-138">s. 138</CitationSubRef>; <CitationSubRef id="c00588" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37" SectionRef="section-37">s. 37</CitationSubRef> in force for certain purposes at 19.6.2001 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2223" id="c00589" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2001" Number="2223">S.I. 2001/2223</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00590" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/2223/article/2/2/b" CitationRef="c00589" SectionRef="article-2-2-b">art. 2(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>; <CitationSubRef id="c00591" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/section/37" SectionRef="section-37">s. 37</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.4.2002 insofar as not already in force by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/344" id="c00592" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2002" Number="344">S.I. 2002/344</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00593" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/344/article/3" CitationRef="c00592" SectionRef="article-3" Operative="true">art. 3</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c00594" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/344/article/4" CitationRef="c00592" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>