Refugee Protection Division Rules (SOR/2002-228)
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Refugee Protection Division Rules
SOR/2002-228
IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT
Registration 2002-06-11
Refugee Protection Division Rules
P.C. 2002-998 2002-06-11
The Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board, pursuant to subsection 161(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection ActFootnote a and subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, in consultation with the Deputy Chairpersons and the Director General of the Immigration Division, hereby makes the annexed Refugee Protection Division Rules.
Return to footnote aS.C. 2001, c. 27
Ottawa, May 7, 2002
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, pursuant to subsection 161(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection ActFootnote a, hereby approves the annexed Refugee Protection Division Rules, made on May 7, 2002 by the Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board, in consultation with the Deputy Chairpersons and the Director General of the Immigration Division.
INTERPRETATION
Marginal note:Definitions
1. The following definitions apply in these Rules.
“Act”
« Loi »
“Act” means the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
“contact information”
« coordonnées »
“contact information” means a person’s name, postal address and telephone number, and the person’s fax number and electronic mail address, if any.
“Division”
« Section »
“Division” means the Refugee Protection Division.
“officer”
« agent »
“officer” means a person designated as an officer by the Minister under subsection 6(1) of the Act.
“party”
« partie »
“party” means
(a) in a claim for refugee protection, the claimant and, if the Minister intervenes in the claim, the Minister; and
(b) in an Application to Vacate Refugee Protection or an Application to Cease Refugee Protection, the protected person and the Minister.
“Personal Information Form”
« formulaire sur les renseignements personnels »
“Personal Information Form” means the form in which a claimant gives the information set out in Schedule 1.
“proceeding”
« procédure »
“proceeding” includes a conference, an application, a hearing and an interview.
“refugee protection officer”
« agent de protection des réfugiés »
“refugee protection officer” means an employee of the Board who helps the Division with a proceeding.
“registry office”
« greffe »
“registry office” means a business office of the Division.