International Protection (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

L.N. 104 of 2024

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 420)

Procedural Standards for Granting and Withdrawing

International Protection (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 25 of the

International Protection Act, the Minister responsible for immigration

has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Procedural Standards Citation.

for Granting and Withdrawing International Protection (Amendment)

Regulations, 2024 and these regulations shall be read and construed as

one with the Procedural Standards for Granting and Withdrawing S.L. 420.07.

International Protection Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the

"principal regulations".

Immediately after the first proviso to sub-regulation (2) of Amends

regulation 12 of the principal regulations there shall be added the regulation

the principal

following new proviso

regulations.

"Provided further that the information referred to in

the last proviso to this sub-regulation, shall be made available to

the International Protection Appeals Tribunal:".

Regulation 17 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 17 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) in sub-regulation (1) thereof, immediately after the

words "carried out" there shall be added the words "where,

following general statements or other relevant indications, there

are still doubts concerning the applicant’s age";

(b)

sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be amended as

follows

(i) in paragraph (a) thereof, the words "which may

include the rejection of the application" shall be deleted;

and

(ii) in paragraph (c) thereof, the word "be" shall be

substituted by the word "been"; and

(c) immediately after sub-regulation (2) thereof as

amended, there shall be added the following new sub-regulation

"(3) If after a medical examination has been carried

out, there is still doubt concerning the applicant’s age, the

relevant authorities shall assume that the applicant is a

minor, unless documents are presented which prove

otherwise.".

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