Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Special Immigration Appeals Commission — 21 Nov 2001 at 20:59

The majority of MPs voted for clauses 27-35 to stand part of the the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill.

These clauses were:

• Clause 27 - To establish that the Special Immigration Appeals Commission was the place to review the terrorist certifications
• Clause 28 - To appoint a person to review the operations of sections 21-23 (indefinite detention of foreign nationals)
• Clause 29 - Require Parliament to renew these powers after 15 months, which they did.
• Clause 30 - Put the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in charge of "derogation matters" (legal issues pursuant to the fact that there was a "public emergency which threatened the life of the nation")
• Clause 33 - The power of the Home Secretary (which could not be challenged by any court) to certify that the 1951 Refugee Convention does not apply.

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