Part 1: Sanctions regulations Chapter 5: Miscellaneous Section 48: Power to make provision relating to immigration appeals
The imposition of a travel ban on a designated person has consequences for their immigration status. Those who are in the UK will lose the right to remain here and may be subject to removal from the UK. As a result, they may claim asylum or humanitarian protection, or claim that removal will breach their human rights. Those who are outside the UK will be refused entry if they seek to travel here. They may claim that this breaches their human rights.
	These "immigration claims" are usually decided by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The making of an asylum claim also has further effects under the Immigration Acts, such as the ability to access financial support. A decision on an immigration claim by the Secretary of State for the Home Department can give rise to a right of appeal before the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First Tier Tribunal, a specialist tribunal with expertise in deciding such claims.
	The Government recognises that the proper decision maker in respect of an immigration claim is the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the proper venue for deciding an appeal related to an immigration claim is the Tribunal. However, there is an overlap between these immigration claims and claims that can be made under the review and challenge mechanisms in the Act.
	This section gives a power to the Secretary of State to make regulations setting out the mechanisms by which the immigration consequences of sanctions will be considered. These regulations will ensure that immigration claims are sent to the Secretary of State for the Home Department for decision, and appeals against such decisions are made to the Tribunal for resolution. This will ensure that immigration consequences which engage the UK’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Refugee Convention will continue to be dealt with by those parts of government and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service that are best equipped to deal with them. Finally, the power enables any consequential amendments to legislation, including primary legislation, that such provisions require. Regulations made under this power will use the draft-affirmative procedure.