Section 236 — Immigration Act 2009: Appeals against deportation liability where person serving prison sentence

236 Appeals against deportation liability where person serving prison sentence (1) Where a person appealing against his or her liability for deportation is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a prison, the Tribunal must, with a view to determining the appeal before the person’s release, consider and determine any appeal on humanitarian grounds as close as practicable to the date of the person’s parole eligibility date or (in the case of a person serving a short-term sentence) statutory release date. (2) In this section, parole eligibility date , short-term sentence , and statutory release date have the meanings given in section 4 of the Parole Act 2002.