International Protection Act 2015
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Number 66 of 2015 | ||
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION ACT 2015 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary | ||
Section | ||
Qualification for International Protection | ||
Application for International Protection | ||
25. Examination to determine age for purposes of subsection (7) of section 20 | ||
Assessment of Applications for International Protection | ||
Examination of Applications at First Instance | ||
40. Notification of recommendation in relation to application at first instance | ||
Appeals to Tribunal | ||
Declarations and Other Outcomes | ||
47. Refugee declaration and subsidiary protection declaration | ||
52. Revocation of refugee declaration or subsidiary protection declaration | ||
Content of International Protection | ||
56. Permission to enter and reside for member of family of qualified person | ||
57. Permission to reside for member of family of qualified person | ||
Programme Refugees and Temporary Protection | ||
International Protection Appeals Tribunal | ||
Transitional Provisions | ||
69. Transitional provisions relating to declarations and permissions under repealed enactments | ||
70. Transitional provisions relating to caseloads under repealed enactments | ||
71. Transitional provisions relating to Refugee Appeals Tribunal | ||
Miscellaneous | ||
77. Period for making appeal under sections 21, 22, 41 and 43 | ||
Miscellaneous Amendments | ||
79. Amendment of section 5 of Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 | ||
Text of 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees | ||
Chapter I | ||
GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Chapter II | ||
JURIDICAL STATUS | ||
Chapter III | ||
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT | ||
Chapter IV | ||
WELFARE | ||
Chapter V | ||
ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES | ||
Chapter VI | ||
EXECUTORY AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS | ||
Chapter VII | ||
FINAL CLAUSES | ||
Text of 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (No. 40) | ||
Child Care Acts 1991 to 2013 | ||
Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (No. 32) | ||
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24) | ||
Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005 | ||
Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 (No. 11) | ||
Health Acts 1947 to 2015 | ||
Immigration Act 1999 (No. 22) | ||
Immigration Act 2003 (No. 26) | ||
Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1) | ||
Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25) | ||
Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (No. 33) | ||
Refugee Act 1996 (No. 17) | ||
Social Welfare Acts | ||
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Number 66 of 2015 | ||
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION ACT 2015 | ||
An Act to restate and modify certain aspects of the law relating to the entry into and | ||
presence in the State of persons in need of international protection, while having regard also to the power of the Executive in relation to these matters, to give further effect to Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 20011 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof, to give further effect to Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 20042 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted, to give further effect to Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 20053 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status, to give further effect to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on the 28th day of July 1951 and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on the 31st day of January 1967, to amend the Immigration Act 1999 , the Immigration Act 2003 and the Immigration Act 2004 , to amend or repeal certain other enactments, and to provide for related matters. | ||
[30 th December, 2015] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: | ||
1O.J. No. L212, 07.08.2001, p.12 |
