# The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees (Amendment) Order 2016, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2841).
Article 4 increases the fees payable for appeals heard in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal. Where an appellant consents to an appeal being determined without a hearing, the new fee is £490 (formerly £80). Where the appellant does not consent to the appeal being determined without a hearing, the fee is £800 (formerly £140).
Article 5 amends the scheme of fee exemptions available in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, in particular, to reflect changes made to appeal rights by the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), and to introduce a new exemption for appellants who are excepted from the requirement to pay certain fees in respect of their immigration applications to the Home Office. It also provides that certain appeals that continue to be brought in accordance with provisions saved by the Immigration Act 2014 will remain subject to the former scheme of fee exemptions and remissions.
Article 6 clarifies the circumstances in which the Lord Chancellor may partially refund an appellant’s fee where an appeal has been determined without a hearing.
Articles 7 and 8 provide that the changes made by this Order, aside from in relation to refunds, only apply to decisions that were taken on or after the coming into force date.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available at https://legislation.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/928/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/first-tier-tribunal-immigration-and-asylum-chamber-fees-amendment-order-2016/note
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