The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (also known by the
acronym
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SIAC) is a superior
court of record in the
United Kingdom
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established by the
Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 that deals with appeals from persons deported by the
Home Secretary
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under various statutory powers, and usually related to matters of
national security
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. SIAC also hears persons deprived of
British citizenship under the
British Nationality Act 1981 as amended by Section 4 of the
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
An
appellant is represented to the commission by a
special advocate who is a person
vetted by the
Security Service with controversy surrounding the use of
secret evidence which only the judges and special advocates have access to.
It previously had the power to certify a person as an
international terrorist under Part 4 of the
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 until this was repealed by the
Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.
See also
*
Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
References
{{Reflist
External links
Apply to the Special Immigration Appeals CommissionSpecial Immigration Appeals Commission
''Guardian''.
"Secret evidence"
JUSTICE report, June 2009.
Immigration to the United Kingdom
Counterterrorism in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom tribunals
Courts and tribunals established in 1997
1997 in British law
1997 establishments in the United Kingdom