Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997

7Appeals from the Commission

(1)Where the Special Immigration Appeals Commission has made a final determination of an appeal, any party to the appeal may bring a further appeal to the appropriate appeal court on any question of law material to that determination.

(2)An appeal under this section may be brought only with the leave of the Commission or, if such leave is refused, with the leave of the appropriate appeal court.

(3)In this section “the appropriate appeal court” means—

(a)in relation to a determination made by the Commission in England and Wales, the Court of Appeal,

(b)in relation to a determination made by the Commission in Scotland, the Court of Session, and

(c)in relation to a determination made by the Commission in Northern Ireland, the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.

(4)In section 33(4) of the [1971 c. 77.] Immigration Act 1971, after “1993” there shall be inserted “or section 7 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997”.