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REFUGEE ACT 1996

(Into force from Nov 2000)

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5(a):

Where it appears to an immigration officer that a child under the age of 18 years has arrived at the frontiers of the State is not in the custody of any person, the immigration officer shall, as soon as practicable, so inform the health board in whose functional area the place of arrival is situate thereupon the provisions of the Child Care Act, 1991, shall apply in relation to the Child.

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