Regulation 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “an application for naturalisation” means an application for naturalisation as a:

  1. (a)

     British citizen under section 6(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act, or

  2. (b)

     British overseas territories citizen under section 18(1) or (2) of the 1981 Act;

• “an application for registration” means an application for registration as a:

  1. (a)

     British citizen under section 1(3) or (4), 3(1), (2)^f1 or (5)^f2, 4(2) or (5), 4A^f3, 4B^f4, 4C^f5, 10(1)^f6 or (2)^f7, or 13(1) or (3) of, or paragraph 3^f8, 4^f9 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act,

  2. (b)

     British overseas territories citizen under sections 24 and 13(1) or (3), or 15(3) or (4), 17(1), (2) or (5), or 22(1) or (2) of, or paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act,

  3. (c)

     British overseas citizen under section 27(1) of, or paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act, or

  4. (d)

     British subject under section 32 of, or paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the 1981 Act;

• “assistance” means assistance, accommodation or maintenance provided under—

  1. (a)

     section 17, 20 or 23 of the Children Act 1989^f10,

  2. (b)

     section 22, 25 or 26 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995^f11, or

  3. (c)

     article 18, 21 or 27 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f12;

• “claim for asylum” has the meaning given in section 94(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999^f13, and a claim for asylum is to be taken to be determined—

  1. (a)

     on the day on which the Secretary of State notifies the claimant of his decision on the claim,

  2. (b)

     if the claimant has appealed against the Secretary of State’s decision, on the day on which the appeal is disposed of, or

  3. (c)

     if the claimant has brought an in-country appeal against an immigration decision under section 82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002^f14 or section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997^f15, on the day on which the appeal is disposed of;

• “child” means a person under the age of eighteen;

• “dependant” in respect of a person means—

  1. (a)

     the spouse, civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner, or

  2. (b)

     a child,

  of that person;

• “European Community Association Agreement” means the—

  1. (a)

     Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and Turkey, signed at Ankara on 12 September 1963,

  2. (b)

     Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 8th March 1993, and

  3. (c)

     Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Romania, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 1st February 1993;

• “Highly Skilled Migrant Programme” means the programme operated by the Secretary of State for highly skilled migrants under the immigration rules;

• “immigration rules” means rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971^f16;

• “leave to remain” includes variation of leave to enter or remain;

• “school teacher” has the same meaning as in section 122 of the Education Act 2002^f17;

• “the 1981 Act” means the British Nationality Act 1981^f18;

• “the 2007 Order” means the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2007^f19; and

• “unmarried or same sex partner” of a person means a person who is living with that other person in a relationship akin to marriage which has subsisted for two years or more.