Prospective
31(1)Section 18 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (definition of asylum-seeker for purposes of Part 2) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)For subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)For the purposes of this Part a person is an “asylum-seeker” if—
(a)the person is at least 18 years old,
(b)the person has made a protection claim, and
(c)the person's claim—
(i)has been recorded by the Secretary of State, but
(ii)has not been determined.
(1A)A person is also an “asylum-seeker” for the purposes of this Part if the person is an asylum-seeker for the purposes of Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 by virtue of section 94(2B) or (3C) of that Act.”
(3)For subsection (3) substitute—
“(3)Protection claim” has the meaning given by section 82(2).”