Commentary on Sections Suspected international terrorists Section 21 Suspected international terrorist: certification
77.Section 21 provides for the certification by the Secretary of State of a suspected international terrorist. A “suspected international terrorist” is defined as a person whose presence in the UK the Secretary of State reasonably believes to be a risk to national security and whom he reasonably suspects is a terrorist. The section also defines the terms “terrorism” (which is as defined in section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000), and “ terrorist”. It also provides that legal proceedings questioning the decision of the Secretary of State in connection with a certificate under this section, or actions of the Secretary of State taken wholly or partly in reliance on that certificate, may be brought only before SIAC in the course of proceedings under section 25 or 26 of this Act, or section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997.