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Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998)

Chapter 6 : Supplementary and General Provisions

38. Regulations

 

(1) The Minister may make regulations relating to—
(a) a large-scale influx of asylum seekers into the Republic;
(b) the manner in which and period within which a matter must be referred to the Standing Committee or Refugee Appeals Authority;

[Section 38(1)(b) substituted by section 29 of Notice No. 1452, GG 41343, dated 18 December 2017]

(c) the forms to be used under certain circumstances and the permit to be issued pending the outcome of an application for asylum;
(d) the manner in which and the period within which applications for asylum which are manifestly unfounded, fraudulent or abusive, must be dealt with;
(e) the conditions of sojourn in the Republic of an asylum seeker, while his or her application is under consideration;
(f) the provision of interpreters at all levels of the determination process; and
(g) any other matter which is necessary or expedient to prescribe in order that the objects of this Act may be achieved.

 

(2) A regulation under subsection (1)(a) may only be made in consultation with the Premier of any province into which the influx takes place.