Section 114Part 9 — General
Transitional provisions
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114. (1) Nothing in this Law shall adversely affect the rights of any person where those rights —
were acquired under the Immigration Law (2012 Revision) or any earlier Law; and
existed immediately prior to the commencement of the Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2013 [Law 23 of 2013].
Where prior to the commencement of the Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2013 an application for the right to reside permanently in the Islands was made and is still pending, the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board and the Chief Immigration Officer shall deal with such application in accordance with the law in effect immediately prior to such commencement.
For the avoidance of doubt an application for the grant of the right to reside permanently in the Islands or a work permit made on or after the commencement of the Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2013 shall be determined in accordance with the law in effect at the time the application is being heard by the Board or, in the case of an appeal, by the Immigration Appeals Tribunal.
Where prior to the commencement of the Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2013 an application was made for the grant of the right to be Caymanian, the Caymanian Status and Permanent Residency Board and the Chief Section 115 Immigration Law Page 110 Revised as at 2nd day of July, 2015 c Immigration Officer shall deal with such application in accordance with the law in effect immediately prior to such commencement.
Where prior to the commencement of the Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2013 an application was made for the grant, renewal or variation of a work permit, or for a Term Limit Exemption Permit, the Work Permit Board, the Business Staffing Plan Board, the Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Board or the Chief Immigration Officer, as the case may be, shall deal with such application in accordance with the law in effect immediately prior to such commencement.
A person who at the commencement of the Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2013 holds an authorisation to work by operation of law on the basis of having submitted an application for permission to reside permanently in the Islands shall be deemed to hold permission under section 52(4) until such permission expires or is revoked.
For the avoidance of doubt where an appeal to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal was made prior to the commencement of the Immigration (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2013, the procedure governing the making and determination of such an appeal shall be that which is in effect after the commencement of that Law, but the appellant shall have a period of sixty days from the commencement of that Law in which to file detailed grounds of appeal as required by section 15(6) and if no written submissions are received by the Tribunal during such period it may proceed to determine the appeal without further notice being given to the appellant.