Commentary on Sections Suspected international terrorists Section 25 Certification: appeal
85.Section 25 provides for an appeal against the decision of the Secretary of State to make a certificate under section 21. A person against whom such a certificate is made may appeal within three months of the date of the certificate against that decision to SIAC or, with leave of SIAC, after three months but before the commencement of the first review under section 26. SIAC will consider whether or not there are reasonable grounds for a belief or suspicion of a kind referred to in section 21(1). If SIAC considers that there are not reasonable grounds or if it finds any other reason why the certificate should not have been issued, it will cancel the certificate, in which case the certificate will be treated as having never been made. Otherwise it will dismiss the appeal. For either outcome, there will by virtue of section 27(1) (b)be the right to seek leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal (or its equivalents in Scotland and Northern Ireland).