# The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2005, 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;
“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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/230/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-tribunal-procedure-rules-2005/article-2
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