Regulation 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

In these Regulations:

• “asylum claimant” means a person making a claim for asylum which has not been determined or has been granted;

• “claim for asylum” has the meaning given in section 94(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999^f1, and a claim for asylum is taken to be determined—

  1. (a)

     on the day on which the Secretary of State notifies the claimant of his decision on the claim,

  2. (b)

     if the claimant has appealed against the Secretary of State’s decision, on the day on which the appeal is disposed of, or

  3. (c)

     if the claimant has brought an in-country appeal against an immigration decision under section 82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002^f2 or section 2 of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997^f3, on the day on which the appeal is disposed of;

• “dependant”, in respect 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 Border and Immigration Agency of the Home Office.