Where the Tribunal finds a document was constructed to support an applicant's claims but does not find it to be a forgery, the Tribunal is merely evaluating the evidence and is not required to extend a specific procedural fairness warning before making that finding. Country information about document fraud in a particular country falls within the s 424A(3)(a) exception as information about a class of persons. A new ground based on s 424A will not be permitted on appeal where it was not raised at first instance and the necessary evidence was not adduced.
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