International Protection Act 2026
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PART 6 Asylum and Migration Management | ||
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Chapter 1 Preliminary and general | ||
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Interpretation (Part 6) | ||
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126. (1) In this Part— | ||
“determining Member State” means the Member State carrying out the procedure specified in the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation to determine the Member State responsible; | ||
“Member State” means— | ||
(a) a Member State of the European Union, | ||
(b) Norway, | ||
(c) Iceland, | ||
(d) Switzerland, and | ||
(e) Liechtenstein; | ||
“person subject to the transfer procedure” means a person referred to in section 143 (1); | ||
“transfer decision” means a decision taken by the Minister to transfer an applicant to the requested Member State, where the State is the requesting Member State and the requested Member State has accepted to take charge of, or to take back, that applicant or person. | ||
(2) A word or expression that is used in this Part and is also used in the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation has the same meaning in this Part as it has in the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation unless the contrary intention appears. | ||
(3) A reference in this Part to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered of the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation. |