EEA public policy decisions

Public policy, public security or

public health decisions

Version 7.0

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Contents

Contents ..................................................................................................................... 2

About this guidance .................................................................................................... 6

Contacts ................................................................................................................. 6

Publication .............................................................................................................. 7

Changes from last version of this guidance ............................................................ 7

Purpose ...................................................................................................................... 8

Use of this guidance ............................................................................................... 8

Definitions ............................................................................................................... 8

The best interest of a child .................................................................................... 10

Background .......................................................................................................... 12

Conduct committed by 31 December 2020 ........................................................... 13

Conduct committed after 31 December 2020 ....................................................... 13

Irish citizens .......................................................................................................... 13

Restricting residence and entry rights of relevant persons ....................................... 15

Persons covered by the Grace Period Regulations 2020 ..................................... 15

Persons covered by the Restrictions Regulations 2020........................................ 16

Persons covered by the Frontier Workers Regulations 2020 ................................ 16

Persons covered by provisions under the Immigration Rules ............................... 17

Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules ............................................................. 17

Appendix EU (Family Permit) to the Immigration Rules .................................... 18

Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor......................................................................... 18

Appendix Service Providers from Switzerland .................................................. 18

Persons serving or having served a sentence of imprisonment ............................ 18

Consideration of public policy or public security ....................................................... 20

Overview............................................................................................................... 20

Approach .............................................................................................................. 20

The public policy or public security test: regulation 27 principles .......................... 21

Proportionality ................................................................................................... 22

Personal conduct of the person concerned ....................................................... 22

Genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the fundamental

interests of the society ...................................................................................... 23

Matters isolated from the particulars of the case or which relates to

consideration of general prevention .................................................................. 24

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Previous criminal convictions do not in themselves justify the decision ............ 25

The decision may be taken on preventative grounds, even in the absence of a

previous criminal conviction, provided the grounds are specific to the person .. 25

Additional considerations for a person resident in the UK .................................... 25

The age of the person concerned ..................................................................... 26

A person¡¯s general state of health, including their physical and mental health . 26

Whether the person has any family in the UK and their economic situation ...... 26

The length of time the person has lived in the UK ............................................. 27

The extent to which the person is socially and culturally integrated in the UK .. 27

Criminal offending.......................................................................................... 28

Integrating links ............................................................................................. 28

The extent of the person¡¯s links with their country of origin ............................... 28

Continuity of residence ......................................................................................... 29

Additional protection levels: serious and imperative grounds ............................... 30

The basic threshold ........................................................................................... 30

Serious grounds of public policy or public security ............................................ 31

Imperative grounds of public security ................................................................ 31

Additional consideration: the best interests of a child........................................ 33

Primary carers ................................................................................................... 33

Fundamental interests of society .......................................................................... 33

Conduct which may lead to a public policy or public security decision ..................... 37

Criminal conduct ................................................................................................... 37

Persistent offending .......................................................................................... 37

Pending prosecutions........................................................................................ 38

Non-criminal conduct ............................................................................................ 39

Marriage, civil partnership and durable partnership of convenience ................. 39

Fraudulently obtaining a right under the Agreements........................................ 43

Evasion of taxes and duties .............................................................................. 44

Consideration of public health .............................................................................. 45

Decision to exclude from the UK .............................................................................. 46

Decision to refuse admission to the UK.................................................................... 48

Potential victim of modern slavery ........................................................................ 50

Decision to refuse, renew or revoke documentation issued under the EEA

Regulations 2016 ..................................................................................................... 51

Overview............................................................................................................... 51

Documentation under the EEA Regulations 2016 ................................................ 51

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Invalid applications ............................................................................................... 52

Invalidation or revocation of documentation ......................................................... 53

Decision to deport from the UK ................................................................................ 54

Overview............................................................................................................... 54

Referrals for consideration of deportation ............................................................. 54

Criminality based case referrals ........................................................................ 55

Referrals on other grounds: sham marriages .................................................... 55

Timing of the deportation order ............................................................................. 56

Liability to deportation ........................................................................................... 57

Checks for those liable to deportation ............................................................... 57

Decision to serve stage 1 notice (liability for deportation) ..................................... 59

Decision to serve stage 2 notice (deportation decision)........................................ 61

Service of the deportation decision ....................................................................... 62

Service of the deportation order ........................................................................... 62

Certification of a deportation decision under the EEA Regulations 2016 .............. 63

30-day notice period to leave the UK on a voluntary basis ................................... 63

Detention powers associated with deportation under the EEA Regulations 2016,

as saved ............................................................................................................... 64

Anticipatory powers of detention: whilst a deportation decision is pending ....... 64

Powers of detention: after the deportation decision has been taken ................. 65

Removal action once a deportation order has been served .................................. 65

Time-limited deportation orders ............................................................................ 66

Determining duration of a deportation order ...................................................... 66

Imposition of work restrictions following a deportation decision ............................ 70

Deportation: Irish citizens ......................................................................................... 72

Overview............................................................................................................... 72

When to consider the deportation of an Irish citizen ............................................. 72

The Belfast (¡®Good Friday¡¯) Agreement and People of Northern Ireland ............... 73

Court recommended deportation of Irish citizens ................................................. 74

Practical effects of a deportation or exclusion decision and re-entry restrictions ..... 75

Impact of a deportation order, an exclusion order, or an exclusion decision ........ 75

Re-admittance to make appeal submissions in person: regulation 41 .................. 76

Residence documentation applications ................................................................ 76

Entry in breach of an extant deportation or exclusion order under the EEA

Regulations 2016 .................................................................................................. 76

Individuals deported or excluded under the Immigration Acts who may

nevertheless have rights under the EEA Regulations 2016, as saved.................. 79

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Cases where the individual is encountered in the UK in breach of a deportation

order or exclusion decision ............................................................................... 79

Cases where an individual subject to a deportation order or exclusion decision

seeks admission at the border .......................................................................... 81

Persons with Temporary Protection status .................................................... 81

Deportation orders made by the Crown Dependencies ........................................ 82

Revocation of an EEA deportation order, exclusion order or exclusion decision ...... 85

Revoking an exclusion order ................................................................................ 85

Revoking a deportation order made under the EEA Regulations 2016................. 85

Authority levels for revocation of a deportation order............................................ 87

Invalid deportation orders ..................................................................................... 87

Updating Home Office records ............................................................................. 87

Service of the revocation decision ........................................................................ 89

Informing DWP and the PNC ................................................................................ 89

Early Removal Scheme or Tariff Expired Removal Scheme: continuing liability to be

returned to prison ..................................................................................................... 91

ERS: England and Wales ..................................................................................... 91

ERS: Scotland ...................................................................................................... 92

ERS: Northern Ireland .......................................................................................... 92

TERS .................................................................................................................... 92

Appeal rights ............................................................................................................ 93

Overview............................................................................................................... 93

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