International Protection Act 2026
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Appointment of provisional representative persons and representative persons | ||
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47. (1) Where a representative organisation has been designated under section 46 (1)(a) in respect of an unaccompanied minor, the representative organisation shall, as soon as possible, appoint an individual to provisionally act as a representative (within the meaning of the EU acts) for the unaccompanied minor (in this Act referred to as a “provisional representative person”) until a representative person has been appointed. | ||
(2) Where a representative organisation has been appointed under section 46 (1)(b), the representative organisation shall, as soon as possible, and within the period referred to in section 46 (1)(b), appoint an individual to act as a representative (within the meaning of the EU acts) for the unaccompanied minor (in this Act referred to as a “representative person”). |