Removal orders that were issued under the old Immigration Act but not yet carried out continue to have legal force under the new Act. If a removal had been put on hold (stayed) under the old Act, that stay continues until the earliest triggering event under the new rules.
(3)Subsection (2) does not apply if (a)the subject of the removal order was determined by the Convention Refugee Determination Division not to have a credible basis for their claim; or (b)the subject of the removal order(i)is subject to a removal order because they are inadmissible on grounds of serious criminality, or(ii)resides or sojourns in the United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon and is the subject of a report prepared under subsection 44(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act on their entry into Canada.
(4)A conditional removal order made under the former Act continues in force and is subject to subsection 49(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
(5)Section 52 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act applies to a person who immediately before the coming into force of this section was outside Canada after a removal order was executed against them.