International Protection Act 2026

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PART 13

Tribunal

Chapter 1

Definitions (Part 13)

Definitions (Part 13)

240. In this Part—

“appeal” means an appeal within the meaning of Part 8 ;

“Appeals Officer” means—

(a) the Chief Appeals Officer,

(b) a Deputy Chief Appeals Officer, and

(c) a person appointed by the Minister under section 244 (7) to be an Appeals Officer, other than a Deputy Chief Appeals Officer, of the Tribunal;

“business”, other than in section 251 (8), means—

(a) the determination of appeals and appeals under sections 109 , 140 and 238 (10),

(b) the determination of requests to remain and requests to remain within the meaning of Part 11 , and

(c) any additional tasks assigned to an Appeals Officer by the Chief Appeals Officer in order to fulfil any other functions conferred on the Tribunal by or under the EU acts, this Act and any other enactment;

“Deputy Chief Appeals Officer” means a person appointed by the Minister under section 244 (7) to be a Deputy Chief Appeals Officer of the Tribunal;

“designated member of staff” means a member of staff appointed under section 252 (3) to be a designated member of staff for the purposes of any of the provisions of this Part;

“Director” has the meaning given to it by section 251 (1);

“establishment day of the Tribunal” means the day appointed under section 241 ;

“International Protection Appeals Tribunal” means the Tribunal established by section 61 of the Act of 2015;

“member of staff” has the meaning given to it by section 252 (1).