Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997

7 Appeals from the Commission.U.K.

(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.

[F1(1A)Where the Commission has made a final determination of a review under section 2C or 2D, any party to the review may bring an appeal against that determination to the appropriate appeal court.]

(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 [F2and sections 7B to 7D]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.

F3(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 7(3) inserted (28.6.2018) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 66(4), 95(1); S.I. 2018/732, art. 2 (with art. 3)

F3S. 7(4) repealed (2.10.2000) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1)(3), Sch. 14 para. 118, 123, Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/2444, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with transitional provisions in arts. 3, 4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 7 applied (14.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, s. 27(1)(b)