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REFUGEE ACT 1996

(In force Nov 2000)

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22.—(1) The Minister may make such orders as appear to him or her to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving effect to the Dublin Convention.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality ofsubsection (1), an order under this section may—

(a) specify the circumstances and procedure by reference to which an application for asylum—

(i) shall be examined in the State,

(ii) shall be transferred to a convention country for examination, or

(iii) shall be accepted for examination in the State pursuant to a request made by the convention country in which the application for asylum was first lodged,

(b) provide for an appeal against a determination to transfer an application for asylum to a convention country and for the procedure in relation to such an appeal,

(c) require that an application for asylum shall not be investigated by the Commissioner until it has been decided by the person specified in an order under this section whether a convention country is responsible for examining the application,

(d) require that an application for asylum which has been referred to the Commissioner undersection 8shall be transferred to a convention country for examination,

(e) provide that where an application has been transferred to a convention country for examination the person concerned shall go to that convention country,

(f) specify the conditions governing the entry into and temporary stay in the State of a person whose application for asylum has been accepted for examination in the State,

(g) provide for the transit through the State of a person whose application for asylum has been transferred from a convention country to another convention country for examination,

(h) provide for the referral of an application for asylum to the Commissioner notwithstanding that a convention country has responsibility for examining the application, and

(i) specify the measures to be taken for the purpose of the removal of a person whose application has been transferred to a convention country from the State to that convention country including, where necessary, the temporary detention or restraint of the person.

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