62 Detention by Secretary of State
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (2002 c 41) | Legislation

Part 4 Detention and Removal

Detention

62  Detention by Secretary of State

(1)     A person may be detained under the authority of the Secretary of State pending—

(a)     a decision by the Secretary of State whether to give directions in respect of the person under [section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (removal of persons unlawfully in the United Kingdom) or] paragraph 10, 10A or 14 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (c 77) (control of entry: removal), or

(b)     removal of the person from the United Kingdom in pursuance of directions given by the Secretary of State under any of those [provisions].

(2)     Where the Secretary of State is empowered under section 3A of [the Immigration Act 1971] (powers of Secretary of State) to examine a person or to give or refuse a person leave to enter the United Kingdom, the person may be detained under the authority of the Secretary of State pending—

(a)     the person's examination by the Secretary of State,

(b)     the Secretary of State's decision to give or refuse the person leave to enter,

(c)     a decision by the Secretary of State whether to give directions in respect of the

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