Section 274 — Immigration Act 2009: Certificate requiring production of address information

274 Certificate requiring production of address information (1) An immigration officer may prepare a certificate in the prescribed form if the officer has good cause to suspect that— (a) a particular person may be, or may become as a result of investigations, liable for deportation; or (b) particular premises are being occupied or have been occupied (whether for residential purposes or otherwise) by a person who may be, or may become as a result of investigations, liable for deportation. (2) A certificate prepared under subsection (1)(a) may, where the officer believes that the person concerned may be using 1 or more aliases, include any such alias. (3) On being provided with a certificate prepared under subsection (1), any person referred to in section 275 , or any officer or employee of any department, agency, or body referred to in that section, must produce for inspection by the officer and provide a copy of, or allow the officer to copy, any record or other information held by and reasonably available to that person, department, agency, or other body that may help to establish,— (a) in the case of a certificate prepared under subsection (1)(a), the present whereabouts of the person named in the certificate or that person’s whereabouts at any time in the past; or (b) in the case of a certificate prepared under subsection (1)(b), the name of the present occupier or any of the present occupiers of the premises or the name of the occupier or any of the occupiers of the premises at any time in the past. (4) Subsection (3) applies despite any enactment or rule of law to the contrary, and no person who provides a record or information in compliance with that subsection is liable in any civil or criminal proceedings in respect of that action. Compare: 1987 No 74 s 64