Regulations, 2012

L.N. 2 of 2012

IMMIGRATION ACT

(Cap. 217)

Immigration Appeals Board (Additional Jurisdiction)

Regulations, 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by article 36 of

the Immigration Act, the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs has

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Immigration Appeals

Board (Additional Jurisdiction) Regulations, 2012.

The Immigration Appeals Board has the competence to

hear appeals related to the refusal, annulment or revocation of the visa

with reference to the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 32 and

paragraph (7) of Article 34 of the Regulation (EC) No. 810/2009 of

the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009

establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code).

The Immigration Appeals Board also has the competence

to hear appeals from decisions for the transfer of a third country

national from Malta to another Member State in the context of the

taking charge or taking back of such person with reference to the

provisions of Articles 19 and 20 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 343/

2003 of 18 February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms

for determining the Member State responsible for examining an

asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-

country national (known as the Dublin Regulation).

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