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Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998)

Chapter 2 : Refugee Reception Offices, Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs and Refugee Appeals Authority

8C. Functions of Refugee Appeals Authority

 

(1) The Refugee Appeals Authority must—
(a) subject to subsection (2), determine any appeal lodged in terms of this Act; and
(b) advise the Minister on any matter which the Minister refers to the Refugee Appeals Authority.

 

(2) An appeal contemplated in subsection (1)(a) must be determined by a single member or such number of members of the Refugee Appeals Authority as the chairperson may consider necessary.

[Section 8C(2) substituted by section 8 of Notice No. 1452, GG 41343, dated 18 December 2017]

 

(3) The Refugee Appeals Authority may determine its own procedure and make its own rules, which may not be in conflict with the provisions of this Act.

 

(4) Rules made under subsection (3) must be published in the Gazette.