International Protection Act 2026
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Determining Authority may decide not to grant refugee status | ||
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163. (1) Where, in the course of an examination under section 162 , or of an appeal under section 187 but before a decision is taken under section 164 or, as the case may be, on the appeal under section 195 — | ||
(a) reasonable grounds exist for the Determining Authority to regard the applicant as a danger to the security of the State, or | ||
(b) the Determining Authority becomes aware that the applicant has been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime and is satisfied that the applicant constitutes a danger to the community of the State, | ||
the Determining Authority may decide not to grant refugee status to the applicant. | ||
(2) Where the Determining Authority takes a decision referred to in subsection (1), section 165 shall not apply. |