Regulation 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

In these Regulations:

• “asylum claimant” means a person making a claim for asylum (within the meaning given in section 94(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999^f1) which claim either has not been determined or has been granted;

• “dependant”, of a person, means—

  1. (a)

     the spouse, civil partner, unmarried partner or same sex partner, or

  2. (b)

     a child under the age of eighteen,

of that person; and

• “public enquiry office” means a public enquiry office of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of the Home Office.