Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971^f1;

• “the 1997 Act” means the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997^f2;

• “the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999^f3;

• “the 2002 Act” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002;

• F1“citizens' rights immigration decision” means a decision which can be appealed against under the Immigration (Citizens' Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

• “decision-maker” means—

  1. (a)

     the Secretary of State;

  2. (b)

     an immigration officer;

  3. (c)

     an entry clearance officer;

• F2...

• “entry clearance officer” means a person responsible for the grant or refusal of entry clearance;

• F3...

• “minor” means a person who is under 18 years of age;

• “notice of appeal” means a notice in the appropriate prescribed form in accordance with the F4Procedure Rules;

• “Procedure Rules” means rules made under section F522 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;

• “representative” means a person who appears to the decision-maker—

  1. (a)

     to be the representative of a person referred to in regulation 4(1) below; and

  2. (b)

     not to be prohibited from acting as a representative by section 84 of the 1999 Act.