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(1)Subsection (2) applies if the Secretary of State intends to remove a person who has made a claim for asylum (“the claimant”) from the United Kingdom to—
(a)a member State, or a territory which forms part of a member State, otherwise than under standing arrangements; or
(b)a country other than a member State which is designated by order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.
(2)Nothing in [F1section 77 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002] prevents the claimant’s removal if—
(a)the Secretary of State has certified that, in his opinion, the conditions set out in subsection (7) are fulfilled;
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F3(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)Subsection (5) applies if the Secretary of State intends to remove a person who has made a claim for asylum (“the claimant”) from the United Kingdom to a country which is not—
(a)a member State; or
(b)a country designated under subsection (1)(b).
(5)Nothing in [F4section 77 of that Act] prevents the claimant’s removal if—
(a)the Secretary of State has certified that, in his opinion, the conditions set out in subsection (7) are fulfilled;
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(7)The conditions are that—
(a)he is not a national or citizen of the country to which he is to be sent;
(b)his life and liberty would not be threatened there by reason of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion; and
(c)the government of that country would not send him to another country otherwise than in accordance with the Refugee Convention.
[F7(7A)Subsection (7B) applies where a person who is the subject of a certificate under subsection (2) or (5)—
(a)has instituted or could institute an appeal under section 82(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (immigration appeal), and
(b)has made a human rights claim (within the meaning of section 113 of that Act).
(7B)The person may not be removed from the United Kingdom in reliance upon this section unless—
(a)the appeal is finally determined, withdrawn or abandoned (within the meaning of section 104 of that Act) or can no longer be brought (ignoring any possibility of an appeal out of time with permission), or
(b)the Secretary of State has issued a certificate in relation to the human rights claim under section 93(2)(b) of that Act (clearly unfounded claim).]
(8)“Standing arrangements” has the same meaning as in section 11.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 12(2) substituted (4.4.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 11(a)(i)
F2S. 12(2)(b) omitted (4.4.2003) by virtue of Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 11(a)(ii)
F3S. 12(3) omitted (4.4.2003) by virtue of Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 11(b)
F4Words in s. 12(5) substituted (4.4.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 11(c)(i)
F5S. 12(5)(b)(c) omitted (4.4.2003) by virtue of Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 11(c)(ii)
F6S. 12(6) omitted (4.4.2003) by virtue of Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 11(d)
F7S. 12(7A)(7B) inserted (4.4.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Consequential and Incidental Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1016), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 11(e)
Commencement Information
I1S. 12 wholly in force; s. 12 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 170(4); s. 12(1) in force for certain purposes at 22.5.2000 by S.I. 2000/1282, art. 2, Sch.; s. 12 in force so far as not already in force at 2.10.2000 by S.I. 2000/2444, art. 2, Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3, 4, Sch. 2)
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