s.18Decisions to be administrative
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Section 18Part 2 — Administration

Decisions to be administrative

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Decisions made under or by virtue of sections 7, 14, 15 and 16 shall be deemed to be administrative and not judicial decisions.
Where a Board or the Chief Immigration Officer rejects an application either in whole or in part, it or he, if requested shall give the applicant brief reasons for that rejection and inform him of his rights under section 15.
Failure of a Board or the Chief Immigration Officer to inform an applicant of the right of appeal referred to in subsection (2) and under section 17(2) shall not of itself give rise to a right of appeal under section 15 or under section 17(2) and failure to give reasons as required by subsection (2) when first promulgating its decision to reject an application shall not give rise to such a right of appeal if the Board or the Chief Immigration Officer gives them to the applicant within thirty days of having made the decision.
Save for decisions of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal or the pertinent Board by virtue of sections 7, 14, 15 and 16, the Immigration Appeals Tribunal or the pertinent Board shall provide brief written reasons for its decisions under sections 15(10) and 16(1) only if requested by the appellant within fourteen days of receipt of the Appellate Tribunal’s decision.

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