HC Deb 21 February 1996 vol 272 c409

12A. Nothing in this Act shall apply to a person who has made a claim for asylum where a registered medical practitioner (within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983) has issued a certificate, in a form to be prescribed, stating in good faith that he is of the opinion that that person has been tortured.".

(3) After section 1 of the 1971 Act the following section shall be inserted—