Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00893:clause:1_91t
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00893
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 91T
Character Range: 5784–6726

91T  Non‑political crime

 (1) For the purposes of the application of this Act and the regulations to a particular person, Article 1F of the Refugees Convention as amended by the Refugees Protocol has effect as if the reference in that Article to a non‑political crime were a reference to a crime where the person's motives for committing the crime were wholly or mainly non‑political in nature.

 (2) Subsection (1) has effect subject to subsection (3).

 (3) For the purposes of the application of this Act and the regulations to a particular person, Article 1F of the Refugees Convention as amended by the Refugees Protocol has effect as if the reference in that Article to a non‑political crime included a reference to an offence that, under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of political offence in section 5 of the Extradition Act 1988, is not a political offence in relation to a country for the purposes of that Act.