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IRL-1996-L-44641
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Title_of_text
Refugee Act (No. 17 of 1996).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ireland
Subjects (Classification)
Migrant workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1996-06-26
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Entitles persons who are covered by the definition of "refugee" to seek employment and receive social services in Ireland. Prohibits expulsion of a refugee if such a person's life or freedom would be in danger, or if such a person would likely be subject to serious assault, including assault of a sexual nature. Creates the position of a Refugee Applications Minister and sets forth procedures for application for refugee status. Made to give effect to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951; the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967; and the Convention Determining the State Responsible for Examining Applications for Asylum Lodged in One of the Member States of the European Communities, 1990.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1999-07-07 (IRL-1999-L-56403)
Immigration Act, 1999 (No. 22 of 1999).
Amending text(s)
1999-07-07 (IRL-1999-L-56403)
Immigration Act, 1999 (No. 22 of 1999).
Amending text(s)
2004-02-13 (IRL-2004-L-68171)
Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1 of 2004).
Amending text(s)
2003-07-14 (IRL-2003-L-70997)
Immigration Act 2003 (No. 26 of 2003).
Amending text(s)
2000-08-28 (IRL-2000-L-70998)
Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act, 2000 (No. 29 of 2000)
Amending text(s)
2013-12-15 (IRL-2013-L-95395)
Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (Act No. 40 of 2013).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Law Reform Commission, Ireland
URL
http://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/1996/act/17/revised/en/html
File
IRL44641.pdf (PDF of Act as revised to S.I. No. 137 of 2015)
Serial region
Serial title
Official Gazette, Acts
Page range
63 p.