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2U.K.This Part applies to—
(a)Austria,
(b)Belgium,
[F1(ba)Bulgaria,]
[F2(bb)Republic of Croatia,]
(c)Republic of Cyprus,
(d)Czech Republic,
(e)Denmark,
(f)Estonia,
(g)Finland,
(h)France,
(i)Germany,
(j)Greece,
(k)Hungary,
(l)Iceland,
(m)Ireland,
(n)Italy,
(o)Latvia,
[F3(oa)Principality of Liechtenstein,]
(p)Lithuania,
(q)Luxembourg,
(r)Malta,
(s)Netherlands,
(t)Norway,
(u)Poland,
(v)Portugal,
[F4(va)Romania,]
(w)Slovak Republic,
(x)Slovenia,
(y)Spain, F5...
(z)Sweden,
[F6(z1)Switzerland.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 para. 2(ba) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by Asylum (First List of Safe Countries) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3393), arts. 1(2), 2(2)
F2Sch. 3 para. 2(bb) inserted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 8(a)
F3Sch. 3 para. 2(oa) inserted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 8(b)
F4Sch. 3 para. 2(va) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by Asylum (First List of Safe Countries) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3393), arts. 1(2), 2(3)
F5Word in Sch. 3 para. 2(y) deleted (with application in accordance with art. 1(3)(a) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Asylum (First List of Safe Countries) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2802), arts. 1(2), 2(a) (with art. 1(3)(b))
F6Sch. 3 para. 2(z1) inserted (with application in accordance with art. 1(3)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Asylum (First List of Safe Countries) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2802), arts. 1(2), 2(b) (with art. 1(3)(b))
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2523, art. 2, Sch.
3(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 or a human rights claim [F7(the “claimant”)] may be removed—U.K.
(a)from the United Kingdom, and
(b)to a State of which he is not a national or citizen.
[F8(1A)Unless the contrary is shown by the claimant to be the case in their particular circumstances, a State to which this Part applies is to be treated, in so far as relevant to the question mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), as a place—
(a)to which a person can be removed without their Convention rights under Article 3 (no torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment) being contravened, and
(b)from which a person will not be sent to another State in contravention of their Convention rights.]
(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,
F9(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and
(c)from which a person will not be sent to another State otherwise than in accordance with the Refugee Convention.
Textual Amendments
F7Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(1) inserted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 5(2)
F8Sch. 3 para. 3(1A) inserted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 5(3)
F9Sch. 3 para. 3(2)(b) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 5(4)
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2523, art. 2, Sch.
F104U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F10Sch. 3 para. 4 omitted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(1), Sch. 4 para. 4; S.I. 2022/590, reg. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 17 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(4))
5(1)This paragraph applies where the Secretary of State certifies that—U.K.
(a)it is proposed to remove a person to a State to which this Part applies, and
(b)in the Secretary of State’s opinion the person is not a national or citizen of the State.
F11(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)The person may not bring an immigration appeal F12... in reliance on—
(a)an asylum claim which asserts that to remove the person to a specified State to which this Part applies would breach the United Kingdom’s obligations under the Refugee Convention, F13...
F13(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)The person may not bring an immigration appeal F14... in reliance on a human rights claim F15... if the Secretary of State certifies that the claim is clearly unfounded; and the Secretary of State shall certify a human rights claim F15... unless satisfied that the claim is not clearly unfounded.
F16(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F11Sch. 3 para. 5(2) omitted (20.10.2014) by virtue of Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 56(3)(a); S.I. 2014/2771, art. 2(e) (with arts. 9-11) (as amended (2.3.2015 and 6.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/371, arts. 1(2)(3), 7, 8; and with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/2928, art. 2 (which S.I. is revoked (6.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/371, arts. 1(3), 9))
F12Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(3) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 11
F13Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(b) and word omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 6(a) (with Sch. 4 para. 19(1))
F14Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(4) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 11 (with Sch. 4 para. 19(2)(a))
F15Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(4) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 6(b) (with Sch. 4 para. 19(1))
F16Sch. 3 para. 5(5) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 6(c) (with Sch. 4 para. 19(1))
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 3 para. 5 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2523, art. 2, Sch.
F176U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F17Sch. 3 para. 6 omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(5)(b), Sch. 4 para. 12