Section 143 — Immigration Act 2009: Cessation of recognition as refugee or protected person

143 Cessation of recognition as refugee or protected person A refugee and protection officer may cease to recognise a person as a refugee or a protected person, as the case may be, if— (a) 1 of the following applies: (i) the original determination to recognise the person as a refugee or a protected person was made by a refugee and protection officer; or (ii) the original determination to recognise the person as a refugee was made under the former Act by a refugee status officer or before 1 October 1999; or (iii) the person was recognised as a refugee outside New Zealand and has travelled to New Zealand under a government mandated programme on the basis of that recognition; and (b) 1 or more of the following apply: (i) the Refugee Convention has ceased to apply to the person in terms of Article 1C: (ii) there are no longer substantial grounds for believing that the person, if deported from New Zealand, would be in danger of being subjected to torture (as defined in section 130(5) ): (iii) there are no longer substantial grounds for believing that the person, if deported from New Zealand, would be in danger of being subjected to arbitrary deprivation of life or cruel treatment (as defined in section 131(6) ).