(1) This section applies to an asylum appeal before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission where the Secretary of State issues a certificate that-
(a) the appellant is not entitled to the protection of Article 33(1) of the Refugee Convention because Article 1(F) or 33(2) applies to him (whether or not he would be entitled to protection if that Article did not apply), and
(b) the removal of the appellant from the United Kingdom would be conducive to the public good.
(2) In this section-
"asylum appeal" means an appeal under section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (c. 68) in which the appellant makes an asylum claim (within the meaning given by section 113(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002), and
"the Refugee Convention" has the meaning given by that section.
(3) Where this section applies the Commission must begin its substantive deliberations on the asylum appeal by considering the statements in the Secretary of State's certificate.