FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1989
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PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE REGULATIONS FOR VBP REVIEW BOARDS
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PRESCRIBING THE
PRACTICE
THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURE OF REVIEW BOARDS TO CONSIDER APPEALS FROM VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE (VBP) WHO ARE REFUSED REFUGEE STATUS.
THE IMMIGRATION (REFUGEE STATUS REVIEW BOARDS) (PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS 1989 WERE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE REVIEW BOARDS FORM PART OF THE MEASURES TO SPEED UP THE SCREENING OF VBP AND THE PROCESSING OF APPEALS FROM THOSE VBP WHO ARE SCREENED OUT AS NON-REFUGEES.
THE REGULATIONS PROVIDE FOR A REVIEW BOARD TO BE CONSTITUTED
A BY A DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBER SITTING TOGETHER, AND FOR THE CHAIRMAN TO SIT IN PLACE OF OR IN ADDITION TO THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.
THE EXCEPT WHEN
CHAIRMAN IS PRESENT, THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SHALL PRESIDE AT THE SITTING OF A BOARD.
THEIR SCREENED-OUT VBP OR
REPRESENTATIVES CAN APPLY FOR A AND REVIEW BY GIVING WRITTEN NOTICE TOGETHER WITH ANY REPRESENTATIONS DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE WHICH THE APPLICANT WANTS THE BOARD TO CONSIDER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THEM BEING NOTIFIED OF THE SCREENING DECISION.
THE SCREENING DECISION TO REFUSE REFUGEE STATUS AND ALL
THE DETERMINATION WAS MATERIAL, UPON WHICH
BASED, SHALL BE MADE AND TO THE UNITED AVAILABLE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APPELLANT NATION HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES,
DIRECTIONS THAT THE
THE REGULATION PROVIDE THAT THE CHAIRMAN MAY GIVE
REVIEW, PROVIDING TO THE BOARD AS TO THE PROCEDURE ON ANY DIRECTIONS ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE ORDINANCE OR THE REGULATIONS.
A REVIEW BOARD SHALL CONDUCT REVIEWS IN PRIVATE.
DECISION ON
AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER A BOARD HAS MADE ITS AN APPLICATION, THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF DECISION TO THE APPLICANT.
THE
APPLICANTS OR
IN ADDITION,
THE
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS TO APPEAR BEFORE ARISING ON THE PAPERS BEFORE THE BOARD.
A
REGULATIONS PROVIDE FOR
BOARD TO
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