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IRPRPART 20 Transitional ProvisionsDIVISION 3 Enforcement
r.326

Danger to the public

🍁 In Simple Terms

A refugee claim by someone who was considered a danger to the public under the old Act, and whose claim had not yet been formally determined, is treated as a new claim for refugee protection under the new Act — specifically as the claim of someone ineligible for full refugee hearings due to danger to public grounds.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text — IRPR Regulation 326

(1)326 (1) A claim to be a Convention refugee made by a person described in subparagraph 19(1)(c.1)(i) of the former Act in respect of whom the Minister was of the opinion under subparagraph 46.01(1)(e)(i) of the former Act that the person constitutes a danger to the public in Canada is deemed, if no determination was made by a senior immigration officer under section 45 of the former Act, to be a claim for refugee protection made by a person described in paragraph 101(2)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act who is inadmissible and in respect of whom the Minister is of the opinion that the person is a danger to the public.

(2)(2) A person in respect of whom subsection 70(5) or paragraph 77(3.01)(b) of the former Act applied on the coming into force of this section is a person in respect of whom subsection 64(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act applies.

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