Part 2: Asylum Chapter 8: Removal to safe third country Section 30: Refugee Convention: general
Overview: This section instructs decision makers to use the definitions in the following sections when considering whether an individual meets the definition of refugee in accordance with the Refugee Convention.
	Subsection 1 instructs decision-makers, including immigration officers, the Secretary of State or a court or tribunal, to use the sections in this section for the interpretation of Article 1(A)(2) of the Refugee Convention.
	Article 1(A)(2) defines "refugee" as a person who, "owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it".
	Subsection 2 instructs the decision-maker to use section 36 when deciding whether a person should be excluded from the definition of a refugee on the basis of serious criminal behaviour or behaviour contrary to the principles of the UN.
	Subsection 3 instructs the decision-maker to use section 37 when deciding whether a person should be immune from penalty.
	Subsection 4 revokes the Refugee or Person in Need of International Protections (Qualification) Regulations 2006. The provisions of the 2006 regulations are added to the statute book via the sections in this section, such as the definition of persecution (section 31).
	Subsection 5 stipulates that the provisions in this section and those in sections 31 to 36 only apply to claims made on or after the day this section takes effect.
	Subsection 6 confirms that a "claim for asylum" in subsection 5, refers to a claim as set out in subsection 1 of this section.