No. 17/1996:

REFUGEE ACT, 1996

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Interpretation.

2 "Refugee".

3 Extension to refugees of certain rights.

4 Travel document.

5 Prohibition of refoulement.

6 Refugee Applications Commissioner.

7 Annual report and information to Minister.

8 Application for declaration.

9 Leave to enter or remain in State.

10 Provisions relating to detained persons.

11 Investigation of application by Commissioner.

12 Manifestly unfounded application.

13 Recommendations and reports of Commissioners.

14 Establishment day.

15 Refugee Appeal Board.

16 Appeals to Appeal Board.

17 Declaration that person is refugee.

18 Member of family of refugee.

19 Protection of identity of applicants.

20 Prohibition of false information and alteration of identify documents.

21 Revocation of declaration.

22 Dublin Convention.

23 Regulations.

24 "Programme refugees".

25 Saving.

26 Annual report to Houses of Oireachtas.

27 Laying of orders and regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.

28 Transitional provision.

29 Expenses of Minister.

30 Short title and commencement.

FIRST SCHEDULE

SECOND SCHEDULE

THIRD SCHEDULE

FOURTH SCHEDULE

AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES DONE AT GENEVA ON THE 28TH DAY OF JULY, 1951, THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES DONE AT NEW YORK ON THE 31ST DAY OF JANUARY, 1967, AND THE CONVENTION DETERMINING THE STATE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXAMINING APPLICATIONS FOR ASYLUM LODGED IN ONE OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DONE AT DUBLIN ON THE 15TH DAY OF JUNE, 1990, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON TO BE KNOWN AS THE REFUGEE APPLICATIONS COMMISSIONER AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BOARD TO BE KNOWN AS THE REFUGEE APPEAL BOARD AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS RELATED TO THE MATTERS AFORESAID.

[26th June, 1996]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: