Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (c. 8)

7 Consequential provision U.K.

(1) In section 61(2) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (meaning of “the Immigration Acts”)—

(a) omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (m), and

(b) after paragraph (n) insert “, and

(o) the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024.”

(2) In section 39 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (serious harm suspensive claims: interpretation), after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) But see sections 2 and 4 of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (safety of the Republic of Rwanda).”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 7 in force at 25.4.2024 (the date of ratification of the Rwanda Treaty), see s. 10(1)