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The Immigration Appeals (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1991

S.I. 1991/1545 · Made 8 July 1991

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IMMIGRATION

Made 8th July 1991

Laid before Parliament 16th July 1991

Coming into force 31st October 1991

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of, and paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Immigration Act 1971f1, and now vested in himf2, hereby makes the following Rules:–

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1971 c. 77.

f2

Transfer of Functions (Immigration Appeals) Order 1987 (S.I.1987/465), article 2.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Immigration Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1984
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Immigration Appeals (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1991 and shall come into force on 31st October 1991.

2Amendment of Immigration Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1984

In rule 27 of the Immigration Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1984, for “10 miles” there shall be substituted “16 kilometres”.

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C

8th July 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Immigration Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1984 to substitute a measurement in kilometres for a measurement in miles in rule 27, in pursuance of the European Community Council Directive of 27th November 1989 amending Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (89/617/EEC)