{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-appeals-procedure-rules-2000/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/541",
  "legislation_title": "The Asylum Support Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-appeals-procedure-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules–\n“the Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;\n“adjudication” means a decision of an adjudicator made in accordance with section 103(3) of the Act;\n“appeal bundle” means a bundle prepared by the Secretary of State containing copies of the following documents:\n(a) the form on which the appellant made a claim for support under section 95 of the Act, if the appeal is made under section 103(1) of the Act;\n(b) any supporting documentation attached to that form;\n(c) the decision letter; and\n(d) other material relied on by the Secretary of State in reaching his decision;\n“appellant” means a person who appeals under section 103 of the Act against a decision of the Secretary of State;\n“bank holiday” means a day that is specified in, or appointed under, the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;\n“consideration day” has the meaning given to it by rule 4(4);\n“decision letter” means a letter from the Secretary of State giving notice of a decision that gives rise to a right to appeal under section 103;\n“excluded day” means a Saturday, a Sunday, a bank holiday, Christmas Day or Good Friday;\n“member of the adjudicators' staff” means a person appointed by the Secretary of State under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 10 to the Act;\n“notice of appeal” has the meaning given to it by rule 3(1); and\n“party” includes the appellant and the Secretary of State.\n(2) Any reference in these Rules:\n(a) to an adjudicator, in relation to the sending, giving or receiving of notices or other documents, whether by an adjudicator or a party to the appeal, includes a reference to a member of the adjudicators' staff;\n(b) to an adjudicator, in relation to the receiving of a notice of appeal by him, includes a reference to the offices occupied by the adjudicators;\n(c) to the appellant, in relation to the sending or giving of notices or other documents by the adjudicator or the Secretary of State, is also a reference to his representative, if he has one; and\n(d) to a representative is to be construed in accordance with rule 15.\n(3) For the purposes of these Rules, an appeal is determined when an adjudicator gives his adjudication.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/2683",
      "affecting_title": "The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/541/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:42.219311+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."
}