S.I. No. 74/1999 - Civil Legal Aid (Refugee Legal Service) Order, 1999.

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Legal Aid (Refugee Legal Service) Order, 1999.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 29th day of March, 1999.

2. Any tribunal established by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform for the purpose of determining appeals from decisions authorised in that behalf by that Minister of the Government that an application for asylum is manifestly unfounded or that an applicant for asylum is not a refugee within the meaning of

section 2

of the

Refugee Act, 1996

(No. 17 of 1996), is hereby prescribed for the purposes of

section 27

(2)(

b

) of the

Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995

(No. 32 of 1995).

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of March, 1999.

JOHN O'DONOGHUE,

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 30th day of March, 1999.

CHARLIE McCREEVY,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order, which came into effect from the 29th March, 1999, prescribes the Appeals Authority as set out in the “Procedures for Processing Asylum Claims in Ireland”, as a tribunal for the purposes of

section 27

(2)(

b

) of the

Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995

.

I, JOHN O'DONOGHUE T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 27

(2)(

b

) of the

Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995

(No. 32 of 1995) (as adapted by the Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 (

S.I. No. 298 of 1997

) with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby order as follows