(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.
Commencement Information
I1S. 16 in force at 20.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2771, art. 4(a)