http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/4/section/132Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008An Act to make further provision about criminal justice (including provision about the police) and dealing with offenders and defaulters; to make further provision about the management of offenders; to amend the criminal law; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make provision about the mutual recognition of financial penalties; to amend the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984; to make provision for a new immigration status in certain cases involving criminality; to make provision about the automatic deportation of criminals under the UK Borders Act 2007; to amend section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and to confer power to suspend the operation of that section; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-18Expert Participation2026-01-16 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008Sch. 7 para. 5A and cross-headingEducation and Skills Act 2008Sch. 1 para. 90(3)s. 173(4)Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008s. 67A-67DCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 104(1)s. 255(1)s. 255(8)(h)Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008s. 67E-67GCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 106(1)s. 255(1)Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008s. 67H-67JCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 107(1)s. 255(1) Part 101321A designated person does not have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.2For the purposes of a provision of the Immigration Acts and any other enactment which concerns or refers to immigration or nationality (including any provision which applies or refers to a provision of the Immigration Acts or any other enactment about immigration or nationality) a designated person—ais a person subject to immigration control,bis not to be treated as an asylum-seeker or a former asylum-seeker, andcis not in the United Kingdom in breach of the immigration laws.3Despite subsection (2)(c), time spent in the United Kingdom as a designated person may not be relied on by a person for the purpose of an enactment about nationality.4A designated person—ashall not be deemed to have been given leave in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) (notice of leave or refusal), andbmay not be granted immigration bail under Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016. 5Sections 134 and 135 make provision about support for designated persons and their dependants.Words in s. 132(4)(b) substituted (15.1.2018) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 10 para. 42; S.I. 2017/1241, reg. 2(c) (with Sch.) (as amended by S.I. 2018/31, reg. 2)Pt. 10: power to amend conferred (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 28.6.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss., 82(2)(k), (3)-(6), 87(1)(4)(i) 82(1); S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 29