The Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1993

PART I INTRODUCTION

Citation, commencement and revocation

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1993 and shall come into force on 26th July 1993.

(2) In the 1984 Rules—

(a) rule 14(2)(b) is hereby revoked; and

(b) in rule 28, for the words “Rule 8(5)” there shall be substituted the words “Rule 8(4)”.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules—

“the 1984 Rules” means the Immigration Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1984(1);

“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971;

“the 1993 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993(2);

“asylum appeal” means any appeal made under any of the subsections (1) to (4) of section 8 of the 1993 Act (including any further appeal that is made in relation to such an appeal) and shall include any appeal which, by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to that Act, shall be dealt with in the same proceedings as the appeal brought under any of those subsections;

“special adjudicator” means an adjudicator designated under section 8(5) of the 1993 Act; and

“the Tribunal” means the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

(2) In these Rules—

(a) the time by which any act must be done shall be calculated in the manner provided in rule 32; and

(b) an application or an appeal is determined when a decision is made as to whether the application should be granted or the appeal allowed.

Application

3.—(1) These Rules shall apply to all asylum appeals.

(2) Subject as provided by these Rules, the 1984 Rules shall not apply to asylum appeals.

(3) These Rules shall apply only to asylum appeals brought in respect of decisions made after these Rules have come into force.

(1)

S.I. 1984/2041.

(2)

1993 c. 23.