Case No. UKUT-00677-(IAC)
Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber

Case No. UKUT-00677-(IAC)

Fecha: 14-Oct-2015

Regulation 24AA as a discretionary power

26. It is clear that regulation 24AA does not mandate the Secretary of State to certify a removal in every case in which she considers the two-pronged statutory test is made out. The language of the provision clearly imports discretion: as already noted, it provides only that “The Secretary of State may certify a removal …” 27. Mr Malik sought to submit that it was a discretionary power that could only be lawfully exercised if the decision-maker undertook a balancing of competing considerations and reached a decision as to its proportionality. We shall address that submission when dealing with the applicant’s particular case.