International Protection Act 2015

PART 5

Examination of Applications at First Instance

Examination of application

34. An international protection officer shall examine each application for international protection for the purpose of deciding whether to recommend, under section 39 (2)(b), that—

(a) the applicant should be given a refugee declaration,

(b) the applicant should not be given a refugee declaration and should be given a subsidiary protection declaration, or

(c) the applicant should be given neither a refugee declaration nor a subsidiary protection declaration.