Section 160.1 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Criterion — exemption from application of paragraphs 112(2)(b.1) or (c) of the Act

For the purposes of subsection 112(2.1) of the Act, the Minister must consider, when an exemption is made, any event having arisen in a country that could place all or some of its nationals or former habitual residents referred to in that subsection in a situation similar to those referred to in section 96 or 97 of the Act for which a person may be determined to be a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection.