PART 2

Appeals etc

Report by Chief Inspector on administrative review
16
1
Before the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which section 15 comes into force, the Secretary of State must commission from the Chief Inspector a report that addresses the following matters—
a
the effectiveness of administrative review in identifying case working errors;
b
the effectiveness of administrative review in correcting case working errors;
c
the independence of persons conducting administrative review (in terms of their separation from the original decision-maker).
2
On completion of the report, the Chief Inspector must send it to the Secretary of State.
3
The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a copy of the report received under subsection (2).
4
In this section—
- “administrative review” means review conducted under the immigration rules;
- “case working error” has the meaning given in the immigration rules;
- the “Chief Inspector” means the Chief Inspector established under section 48 of the UK Borders Act 2007;
- “immigration rules” has the same meaning as in the Immigration Act 1971.
S. 16 in force at 20.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2771, art. 4(a)