# Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc. ) Act 2004, Paragraph 17


This Part applies to a person who has made an asylum claim if the Secretary of State certifies that—
(a) it is proposed to remove the person to a specified State,
(b) in the Secretary of State’s opinion the person is not a national or citizen of the specified State, and
(c) in the Secretary of State’s opinion the specified State is a place—
(i) where the person’s life and liberty will not be threatened by reason of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, and
(ii) from which the person will not be sent to another State otherwise than in accordance with the Refugee Convention.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/19/schedule/3/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-treatment-of-claimants-etc-act-2004/schedule-3/paragraph-17
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