Part 5Immigration and Asylum Appeals

Appeal to adjudicator

85Matters to be considered

(1)

An appeal under section 82(1) against a decision shall be treated by the adjudicator as including an appeal against any decision in respect of which the appellant has a right of appeal under section 82(1).

(2)

If an appellant under section 82(1) makes a statement under section 120, the adjudicator shall consider any matter raised in the statement which constitutes a ground of appeal of a kind listed in section 84(1) against the decision appealed against.

(3)

Subsection (2) applies to a statement made under section 120 whether the statement was made before or after the appeal was commenced.

(4)

On an appeal under section 82(1) or 83(2) against a decision an adjudicator may consider evidence about any matter which he thinks relevant to the substance of the decision, including evidence which concerns a matter arising after the date of the decision.

(5)

But in relation to an appeal under section 82(1) against refusal of entry clearance or refusal of a certificate of entitlement under section 10—

(a)

subsection (4) shall not apply, and

(b)

the adjudicator may consider only the circumstances appertaining at the time of the decision to refuse.