Article 2 Interpretation

In these Rules—

• “the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971;

• “the 1993 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993^f1;

• “the 1996 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996^f2;

• “the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;

• “appellate authority” means the adjudicator or the Tribunal, as the case may be;

• “appeal” means, subject to rule 4, any appeal under Part IV of the 1999 Act;

• “appellant” has the meaning given in Parts II and III of these Rules and includes an applicant for bail;

• “appropriate prescribed form” means the appropriate form in the Schedule to these Rules and those forms, or similar forms, may be used with any variations that the circumstances may require;

• “authorised advocate”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England and Wales, has the meaning given in section 119(1) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990^f3;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Scotland, means a solicitor or advocate; and

  3. (c)

     in relation to Northern Ireland, means a solicitor or barrister;

• “Chief Adjudicator” includes an adjudicator nominated by the Chief Adjudicator under paragraph 6(2)(a) of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act;

• “determination” means the decision of the appellate authority to allow or dismiss an appeal and the reasons for that decision;

• “entry clearance officer” means a person having authority to grant an entry clearance on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom;

• “family visitor appeal” means an appeal made under section 59 by a person who is a family visitor as defined by regulations made under section 60;

• “member” means a member of the Tribunal;

• “officer” means an immigration officer or an entry clearance officer;

• “party” has the meaning given in rule 29;

• “President” means the President of the Tribunal;

• “previous appeals provisions” means Part II of the 1971 Act, section 8 of the 1993 Act or section 3 of the 1996 Act;

• “supplementary grounds of refusal” means the reasons given for maintaining the decision being appealed against after consideration of the additional grounds required under section 74(4); and

• “Tribunal” means the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

In these Rules, a section referred to by number alone is a reference to a section of the 1999 Act.