Part VIIAppeals

Interpretation of Part VII

27.—(1) In this Part—

“the 1997 Act” means the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997(1);

“adjudicator” and “Commission” have the same meaning as in the 1999 Act;

“Refugee Convention” has the same meaning as in the 1999 Act.

(2) In this Part, “EEA decision” means a decision under these Regulations, or under Regulation 1251/70, which concerns a person's—

(a)removal from the United Kingdom;

(b)entitlement to be admitted to the United Kingdom; or

(c)entitlement to be issued with or to have renewed, or not to have revoked, a residence permit or residence document.

(3) For the purposes of this Part, a decision-maker acts in breach of a person’s human rights if he acts, or fails to act, in relation to that other person in a way which is made unlawful by section 6(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998(2).