Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act, 2000

Amendment of Refugee Act, 1996.

9.—The Refugee Act, 1996 , is hereby amended—

(a) in section 9, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(4A) An applicant shall inform the Commissioner of his or her address and shall inform the Commissioner as soon as possible of any change of address.”,

(b) in section 13(3)(c) (inserted by the Immigration Act, 1999 ), by the substitution of “15 working days” for “21 days”,

(c) in section 16(3), by the substitution of “13(3)(b)” for “13(2)(b)”,

(d) in the Second Schedule (inserted by the Immigration Act, 1999 ), by—

(i) the substitution in paragraph 1 of “5 years'” for “10 years'”,

(ii) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 2—

“2. (a) The members of the Tribunal shall be appointed by the Minister.

(b) A person shall not be appointed to be the chairperson unless the Civil Service Commissioners, within the meaning of the Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956 , after holding a competition under section 29 of that Act, have selected him or her for appointment to the position.”,

and

(iii) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 5:

“5. (a) The chairperson shall hold office under a contract of service in writing, containing such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, allowances and expenses and superannuation), as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may from time to time determine.

(b) Each ordinary member shall be paid such remuneration and allowances and expenses as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may from time to time determine.”.