Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc. ) Act 2004, Paragraph 8 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
8(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—U.K.
(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.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2523, art. 2, Sch.
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