{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-immigration-interviews-exceptions-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-immigration-interviews-exceptions-regulations-2012/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2683",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (Immigration Interviews) (Exceptions) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-immigration-interviews-exceptions-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012;\n“child” means—\n(a)an individual who is under the age of 18; or\n(b)an individual whose age is uncertain and who, at an immigration interview, is being treated by the Secretary of State as being under the age of 18;\n“immigration interview” means an interview described in paragraph 30(3) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act;\n“removal centre” means a removal centre as defined in section 147 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999\n“screening interview” means the first immigration interview in respect of the claim.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.4.2023) by The Civil Legal Aid (Immigration Interviews (Exceptions) and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1379), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2683/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:15:34.388436+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."
}