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403: Regulations in respect of refugee and protection matters
or “Rules for handling refugee and protection matters”
You could also call this:

“Minister recommends immigration rules, with some rules recommended by Minister for Courts”

When making rules for immigration, the Minister needs to recommend them. This means the Minister has to suggest and approve the rules before they can be made.

Sometimes, when the rules are about appeals or other things that happen in the Tribunal, a different person called the Minister for Courts needs to recommend them. But before the Minister for Courts can do this, they need to talk to the Minister of Immigration first.

The Minister for Courts needs to recommend rules about four specific things:

  1. How to make an appeal to the Tribunal
  2. How the Tribunal should handle appeals
  3. How to give evidence to the Tribunal
  4. How to pay for things related to the Tribunal

These rules are important because they help make sure everything is fair and works properly when people want to appeal immigration decisions.

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Next up: 403B: Modifications of Act relating to COVID-19 outbreak

or “Changes to immigration rules due to COVID-19 are no longer in effect”
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Part 11 Miscellaneous provisions
Regulations

403ARegulations made on recommendation of Minister

  1. Regulations made under this Part may be made only on the recommendation of the Minister, except as provided in subsection (2).

  2. Any regulations made under the following provisions may, if they relate to appeals or other matters in the Tribunal, be made only on the recommendation of the Minister for Courts, after consultation with the Minister:

  3. section 400(1)(d):
    1. section 400(1)(e):
      1. section 400(1)(f):
        1. section 400(1)(i).

          Notes
          • Section 403A: inserted, on , by section 107 of the Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (2015 No 48).