{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2070",
  "legislation_title": "The Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "IMMIGRATION\nMade 6th August 1996\nLaid before Parliament 7th August 1996\nComing into force 1st September 1996\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Immigration Act 1971 and now vested in him, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 77; section 22 was extended by the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23), sections 8(6), 9(4) and Schedule 2, paragraphs 4(3) and 5(4) and by the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (c. 49), sections 1(6) and 3(5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Transfer of Functions (Immigration Appeals) Order 1987, S.I. 1987/465."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 53."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2070/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:19.606449+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."
}