If a claim made today, or a claim made after royal assent up to the point of coming into force of the RAD provisions, is started, it will be transferred to the new process if the refugee protection division has not yet started to hear evidence with respect to that particular claim. The person whose claim is pending and who is still waiting for a hearing date will be dealt with under the new system. If the hearing has started and the refugee protection division member has heard evidence, then that refugee protection division member will continue to hear that case to the end.
The decision made by either the GIC refugee protection division member or by the public servant refugee protection division member after the coming into force of the RAD provisions will be subject to appeal before the RAD.