ANNEX A: Existing legal framework Liability to deportation
Under the current legislative framework, a non-British citizen can be deported in accordance with section 3 of the Immigration Act 1971.  Section 3(5)(a) provides that such a person is liable for deportation if the Secretary of Sate deems his deportation to be conducive to the public good.  Section 3(5)(b) provides that a non-British citizen is liable to deportation if another person to whose family he belongs is or has been ordered to be deported.  Section 3(6) provides that a non-British citizen is liable to deportation if he has reached the age of seventeen, is convicted of an offence which is punishable by imprisonment and is recommended for deportation by a court.  Exemptions exists for Irish and commonwealth citizens and diplomatic and international functionaries under sections 7 and 8 of the 1971 Act.