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Session 2003 - 04 Internet Publications Other Bills before Parliament

Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill

Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Home Office, are published
separately as Bill 5—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Mr Secretary Blunkett has made the following statement under section
19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of
Claimants, etc.) Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
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Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill
Contents
Offences
1    Assisting unlawful immigration
2    Entering United Kingdom without passport
3    Immigration documents: forgery
4    Trafficking people for exploitation
5    Section 4: supplemental
Treatment of claimants
6    Claimant’s credibility
7    Failed asylum seekers: withdrawal of support
Enforcement powers
8    Immigration officer: power of arrest
9    Fingerprinting
Appeals
10    Unification of appeal system
11    Unfounded human rights or asylum claim
Removal and detention
12    Removing asylum seeker to safe country
13    Detention pending deportation
14    Deportation or removal: cooperation
15    Electronic monitoring
Immigration services
16    Immigration Services Commissioner: power of entry
17    Offence of advertising services
18    Appeal to Immigration Services Tribunal
19    Professional bodies
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Fees
20    Fees
21    Transfer of leave stamps
General
22    Interpretation: “the Immigration Acts”
23    Interpretation: immigration officer
24    Money
25    Repeals
26    Commencement
27    Extent
28    Short title
Schedule 1   —    New Schedule 4 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum
Act 2002
Schedule 2   —    Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: Consequential
Amendments and Transitional Provision
Part 1   —    Consequential Amendments
Part 2   —    Transitional Provision
Schedule 3   —    Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country
Part 1   —    Introductory
Part 2   —    First List of Safe Countries (Refugee Convention and Human
Rights)
Part 3   —    Second List of Safe Countries: Refugee Convention Only
Part 4   —    Countries Certified as Safe for Individuals
Part 5   —    Amendment of Lists
Schedule 4   —    Repeals

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