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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/652",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules prescribe the procedure to be followed for appeals and applications to an adjudicator and to the Immigration Appeal Tribunal under Part 5 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, which comes into force on 1st April 2003, and under section 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981, as inserted by section 4 of the 2002 Act. The Rules also prescribe the procedure to be followed for applications to an adjudicator or the Tribunal for bail.\nPart 1 of these Rules contains introductory provisions.\nPart 2 contains rules about appeals to an adjudicator. Subject to various exceptions and limitations in Part 5 of the 2002 Act, a right of appeal lies to an adjudicator—\n(a) under section 82 of the 2002 Act, against an immigration decision;\n(b) under section 83 of the 2002 Act, in certain circumstances, against a decision to reject an asylum claim; and\n(c) under section 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981, against a decision to make an order depriving a person of a British citizenship status.\nPart 3 contains rules about appeals (including applications for permission to appeal) to the Tribunal. Section 101(1) of the 2002 Act and section 40A(3) of the 1981 Act provide that a party to an appeal to an adjudicator may, with the permission of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal, appeal to the Tribunal against an adjudicator’s determination on a point of law.\nPart 4 contains rules about applications to the Tribunal for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal or (in Scotland) to the Court of Session.\nPart 5 contains rules about applications to an adjudicator or the Tribunal for bail. Such applications may be made under Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 and section 9A of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993.\nPart 6 contains general provisions which apply to appeals and applications under these Rules.\nPart 7 revokes the Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2000 and contains transitional provisions for appeals and applications pending on 1st April 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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