The Asylum (Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 2245

IMMIGRATION

The Asylum (Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 2000

Made

16th August 2000

Laid before Parliament

24th August 2000

Coming into force

2nd October 2000

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 12(1)(b) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Asylum (Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.

2.  The Asylum (Designated Countries of Destination and Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 1996(2) is hereby revoked.

3.  The following countries are designated for the purposes of section 12(1)(b) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (designation of countries other than EU Member States for the purposes of appeal rights):

• Canada

• Norway

• Switzerland

• United States of America.

Steve Bassam

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

16th August 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order replaces the Asylum (Designated Countries of Destination and Designated Safe Third Countries) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2671) (“the 1996 Order”) insofar as the 1996 Order was concerned with designated safe third countries. The 1996 Order was made under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 and under section 2(3) of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”). Both these provisions were repealed by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”), but the relevant part of section 2(3) of the 1996 Act was replaced by section 12(1)(b) of the 1999 Act. This Order is made under section 12(1)(b) of the 1999 Act.

The countries designated in this Order are Canada, Norway, Switzerland and the United States of America. Where an asylum claimant has been removed or is to be removed to one of these countries or to a Member State of the European Union, section 72(2) of the 1999 Act limits the person’s right of appeal while in the United Kingdom.

(1)

1999 c. 33.

(2)

S.I. 1996/2671.