Subsection (1) amends section 38(1) of the UK Borders Act 2007 so that a period of imprisonment for the purpose of the automatic duty to make a deportation order in respect of a foreign criminal sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months includes suspended sentences.
	Subsection (2) amends section 117D(4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 so that a person who has been given a suspended sentence of at least 12 months is a "foreign criminal" for the purpose of the Article 8 public interest considerations in section 117C, and all references to periods of imprisonment of a certain length of time in Part 5A include suspended sentences.
Part 4: Foreign Criminals Section 45: Deportation etc of foreign criminals