International Protection Act 2026
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Requirement to notify the competent authority | ||
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45. (1) A person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of section 36 (2) shall, as soon as possible after the making of an application in accordance with that section and subject to subsection (2), notify the competent authority, where— | ||
(a) the applicant claims to be a minor and is not accompanied by an adult who is responsible for the applicant, or | ||
(b) the person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of section 36 (2) has objective grounds for believing that the applicant is a minor and is not accompanied by an adult who is responsible for the applicant. | ||
(2) Without prejudice to Chapter 3, subsection (1) shall not apply where a person first referred to in that subsection concludes without any doubt that the applicant is not a minor or is accompanied by an adult responsible for the applicant. | ||
(3) Where the Minister is notified that an unaccompanied minor has been or will be relocated or transferred to the State in accordance with Part 6 , the Minister shall as soon as possible notify the competent authority and the Child and Family Agency of the relocation or transfer, as the case may be. | ||
(4) The Minister, the Determining Authority, the Tribunal or the Child and Family Agency shall notify the competent authority, where he, she or it, as the case may be, becomes aware that an applicant, in relation to whom neither a provisional representative person nor a representative person has been appointed or designated, as the case may be— | ||
(a) is a minor who is not accompanied by an adult responsible for him or her, or | ||
(b) may be a minor who is not accompanied by an adult responsible for him or her. |