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Immigration (Refugee Status Review Boards) (Procedure) Regulations

[1989 Ed.

IMMIGRATION (REFUGEE STATUS REVIEW BOARDS) (PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS

(Cap. 115, section 59 as read with section 13F)

L.N. 170 of 1989

1.

Citation

[16 June 1989]

These regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Refugee Status Review Boards) (Procedure) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

"applicant" means the person making application for a review under section 13F whether on his own behalf or on behalf of a child;

"Board" means a Board to which an application for review under section 13F is made;

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Boards;

"Commissioner" means the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees acting through his representative in Hong Kong;

"Deputy Chairman" means a Deputy Chairman of the Boards;

"prescribed person" means an appeals counsellor engaged by the Agency for Volunteer Service.

3.

Constitution of Boards

(1) Subject to this regulation, a Board shall be constituted by a Deputy Chairman and one other member sitting together, being a Deputy Chairman and member designated by the Chairman.

(2) The Chairman may sit as a member of a Board either instead of a Deputy Chairman or in addition to him.

4.

Person presiding and manner of making decisions

(1) Except where the Chairman is present, when he shall preside, the Deputy Chairman appointed to a Board shall preside at the sittings of a Board.

(2) A Board shall allow an application for a review if either or, if there are more than 2, one of its members considers the review should be allowed.