The Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2000

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules—

“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971;

“the 1993 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993(1);

“the 1996 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996(2);

“the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;

“appellate authority” means the adjudicator or the Tribunal, as the case may be;

“appeal” means, subject to rule 4, any appeal under Part IV of the 1999 Act;

“appellant” has the meaning given in Parts II and III of these Rules and includes an applicant for bail;

“appropriate prescribed form” means the appropriate form in the Schedule to these Rules and those forms, or similar forms, may be used with any variations that the circumstances may require;

“authorised advocate”—

(a)

in relation to England and Wales, has the meaning given in section 119(1) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990(3);

(b)

in relation to Scotland, means a solicitor or advocate; and

(c)

in relation to Northern Ireland, means a solicitor or barrister;

“Chief Adjudicator” includes an adjudicator nominated by the Chief Adjudicator under paragraph 6(2)(a) of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act;

“determination” means the decision of the appellate authority to allow or dismiss an appeal and the reasons for that decision;

“entry clearance officer” means a person having authority to grant an entry clearance on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom;

“family visitor appeal” means an appeal made under section 59 by a person who is a family visitor as defined by regulations made under section 60;

“member” means a member of the Tribunal;

“officer” means an immigration officer or an entry clearance officer;

“party” has the meaning given in rule 29;

“President” means the President of the Tribunal;

“previous appeals provisions” means Part II of the 1971 Act, section 8 of the 1993 Act or section 3 of the 1996 Act;

“supplementary grounds of refusal” means the reasons given for maintaining the decision being appealed against after consideration of the additional grounds required under section 74(4); and

“Tribunal” means the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

(2) In these Rules, a section referred to by number alone is a reference to a section of the 1999 Act.

(1)

1993 c. 23.

(2)

1996 c. 49.

(3)

1990 c. 41.