51. In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
(a)in the appropriate places insert—
““immigration rules” (“rheolau mewnfudo”) means the rules laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;”; and
““person granted stateless leave” (“person y rhoddwyd caniatâd iddo aros fel person diwladwriaeth”) means a person who—
has extant leave to remain as a stateless person under the immigration rules; and
has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave;”;
(b)for paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “person with leave to enter or remain”, substitute—
“(a)who has—
(i)applied for refugee status but has, as a result of that application, been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although A is considered not to qualify for recognition as a refugee, it is thought right to allow A to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on the grounds of humanitarian protection or discretionary leave, and who has been granted leave to enter or remain accordingly;
(ii)not applied for refugee status but has been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that it is thought right to allow A to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on the grounds of discretionary leave, and who has been granted leave to enter or remain accordingly;
(iii)been granted leave to remain on the grounds of private life under the immigration rules; or
(iv)been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although A is not considered to qualify for leave to remain on the grounds of private life under the immigration rules, A has been granted leave to remain outside the rules(1) on the grounds of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights;”.
Paragraph 276BE(2) of the immigration rules refers.