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Immigration Act 2009

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

223: Chair to ensure appeals and matters heard expeditiously

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“Chair ensures appeals are handled quickly and efficiently”

The chair of the Tribunal has to make sure that appeals and matters are heard quickly and in an organised way. They need to give instructions to make this happen.

Sometimes, there are special cases where the chair can give more specific instructions. This can happen when:

  • One person makes more than one appeal, even if they’re about different things or made at different times.
  • Different people make appeals that are connected because they’re related to each other or to the same person, and the appeals are about similar things.
  • Someone makes an appeal after a previous appeal or matter about them has already been decided.

In these cases, to keep things moving quickly, the chair can tell the same Tribunal member to:

  • Decide on all the connected appeals or matters.
  • Look at all the connected appeals or matters together.
  • Decide on a new appeal or matter if they decided on a previous one for the same person.

This helps make sure that similar or related appeals are handled in a fair and efficient way.

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

223Chair to ensure appeals and matters heard expeditiously

  1. The chair of the Tribunal must make such directions as are necessary to ensure that appeals and matters are heard in an orderly and expeditious manner.

  2. Subsection (3) applies if—

  3. more than 1 appeal is lodged by the same person whether or not—
    1. relating to substantially the same set of circumstances; or
      1. lodged at the same time; or
      2. appeals or matters that are lodged by different persons—
        1. are associated because—
          1. of the relationship of the appellant or appellants or affected person or persons; or
            1. they relate to the same person; and
            2. relate to substantially the same set of circumstances; or
            3. an appeal or matter is lodged and a previous appeal or matter has already been determined in respect of the same person.

              1. If this subsection applies, the chair may, for the purposes of complying with subsection (1), direct that—

              2. the appeals or matters be determined by the same member of the Tribunal; or
                1. the appeals or matters be determined together by the same member of the Tribunal; or
                  1. the appeal or matter be determined by the same member of the Tribunal who determined the previous appeal or matter.