{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-services-tribunal-rules-2000/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-services-tribunal-rules-2000/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2739",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration Services Tribunal Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-services-tribunal-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules:—\n“appeal” means an appeal under section 87(2) against a decision of the Commissioner, and “appellant” shall be construed accordingly;\n“charge” means a disciplinary charge laid by the Commissioner under paragraph 9(1)(e) of Schedule 5 and “person charged” shall be construed accordingly;\n“procedural direction” means a direction relating to any of the following matters:—\n(a) the suspension of the effect of the decision appealed against pending determination of the appeal (rule 10);\n(b) the cancellation or variation of a direction suspending the effect of a decision (rule 11);\n(c) restrictions on or prohibition of the provision of immigration advice or immigration services pending determination of a charge (rule 15);\n(d) the consolidation of the proceedings with any other proceedings before the Tribunal, whether involving the same or different parties (rule 16(2)(a));\n(e) the hearing of any two or more sets of proceedings together (rule 16(2)(b));\n(f) the extension of the time limited by these Rules for any step in the proceedings (rule 16(2)(c));\n(g) what witnesses are to be heard at the full hearing of an appeal or charge (rule 17);\n(h) the provision of information, or disclosure of documents, by any party to the proceedings to any other party or to the Tribunal (rule 18);\n(i) the date for the full hearing of an appeal or charge (rule 19);\n(j) who may represent any party to an appeal or charge (rule 21(d));\n(k) the setting aside of a decision made in the absence of a party and the re-listing of the proceedings for hearing (rule 25);\n(l) any other arrangement which, in the opinion of the Tribunal, may facilitate the determination of the appeal or charge (rule 16(2)(d));\na section or Schedule cited by number alone means the section or Schedule so numbered in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;\nall words and expressions defined in section 82 shall have the same meaning in these Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/22",
      "affecting_title": "The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2739/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:12:38.644134+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}