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Paragraph 13 I1

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(1)

This paragraph applies for the purposes of the determination by any person, tribunal or court whether a person who has made an asylum claim may be removed—

(a)

from the United Kingdom, and

(b)

to a State of which he is not a national or citizen.

(2)

A State to which this Part applies shall be treated, in so far as relevant to the question mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), as a place—

(a)

where a person’s life and liberty are not threatened by reason of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, and

(b)

from which a person will not be sent to another State otherwise than in accordance with the Refugee Convention.

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Commencement

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Sch. 3 para. 13 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2523, art. 2, Sch.