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Immigration Act 2009

Appeals, reviews, and other proceedings - Immigration and Protection Tribunal

222: Procedure for determining appeals and matters generally

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“How the Tribunal handles appeals and other matters”

The Immigration and Protection Tribunal must decide on appeals and matters as quickly as possible. The person in charge of the Tribunal gets to choose the order in which they hear different cases. If someone thinks their case should have been heard sooner or later, they can’t complain about it or use it as a reason to question the decision. The Tribunal can make its own rules about how it works, as long as it follows the law and any rules made under the law. The Tribunal also has to follow section 257 of the law when doing its job.

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Part 7 Appeals, reviews, and other proceedings
Immigration and Protection Tribunal

222Procedure for determining appeals and matters generally

  1. The Tribunal must determine an appeal or matter with all reasonable speed.

  2. The chair of the Tribunal may decide the order in which appeals and matters are to be heard generally, or in any particular circumstances.

  3. No decision on an appeal or matter is to be called into question on the basis that the appeal or matter ought to have been heard or decided earlier or later than any other appeal, matter, or category of appeal or matter.

  4. The Tribunal may regulate its procedures as it sees fit, subject to this Act and any regulations made under this Act.

  5. This section is subject to section 257.