# The Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2000, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Rules—
“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971;
“the 1993 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993;
“the 1996 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996;
“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”—
(a) in relation to England and Wales, has the meaning given in section 119(1) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;
(b) in relation to Scotland, means a solicitor or advocate; and
(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.
(2) In these Rules, a section referred to by number alone is a reference to a section of the 1999 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2333/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-2000/article-2
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