{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-appeals-act-1993/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-appeals-act-1993/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/23",
  "legislation_title": "Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-appeals-act-1993",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "I.n this Act—\n“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971;\n“claim for asylum” means a claim made by a person (whether before or after the coming into force of this section) that it would be contrary to the United Kingdom’s obligations under the Convention for him to be removed from, or required to leave, the United Kingdom; and\n“the Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 and the Protocol to that Convention.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 77."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 26.7.1993; s. 1 not in force at Royal Assent so far as it relates to ss. 4-11, see s. 14(1)(3); s.1 in force so far as relating to ss. 4-11 at 26.7.1993 by S.I. 1993/1655, art.2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/23/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:05.930030+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}