Article 2 Interpretation

In these Rules—

• “the 2002 Act” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002;

• “the 2004 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004^f1;

• “appellant” means a person who has given a notice of appeal to the Tribunal against a relevant decision in accordance with these Rules;

• “appropriate appellate court” has the meaning given in sections 103B(5) and 103E(5) of the 2002 Act;

• “apropriate court” has the meaning given in section 103A(9) of the 2002 Act;

• “appropriate prescribed form” means the appropriate form in the Schedule to these Rules, or that form with any variations that the circumstances may require;

• “asylum claim” has the meaning given in section 113(1) of the 2002 Act;

• “business day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, a bank holiday, 25th to 31st December or Good Friday;

• “determination”, in relation to an appeal, means a decision by the Tribunal in writing to allow or dismiss the appeal, and does not include a procedural, ancillary or preliminary decision;

• “the Immigration Acts” means the Acts referred to in section 44(1) of the 2004 Act;

• “immigration decision” means a decision of a kind listed in section 82(2) of the 2002 Act;

• “immigration rules” means the rules referred to in section 1(4) of the Immigration Act 1971^f2;

• “order for reconsideration” means an order under section 103A(1) or any other statutory provision requiring the Tribunal to reconsider its decision on an appeal;

• “President” means the President of the Tribunal;

• “relevant decision” means a decision against which there is an exercisable right of appeal to the Tribunal;

• “respondent” means the decision maker specified in the notice of decision against which a notice of appeal has been given;

• “section 103A” means section 103A of the 2002 Act (Review of Tribunal’s decision) and “section 103A application” means an application under section 103A;

• “Tribunal” means the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal;

• “United Kingdom Representative” means the United Kingdom Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.