# The Immigration Services Tribunal Rules 2000, Article 2: Interpretation


In these Rules:—
“appeal” means an appeal under section 87(2) against a decision of the Commissioner, and “appellant” shall be construed accordingly;
“charge” means a disciplinary charge laid by the Commissioner under paragraph 9(1)(e) of Schedule 5 and “person charged” shall be construed accordingly;
“procedural direction” means a direction relating to any of the following matters:—
(a) the suspension of the effect of the decision appealed against pending determination of the appeal (rule 10);
(b) the cancellation or variation of a direction suspending the effect of a decision (rule 11);
(c) restrictions on or prohibition of the provision of immigration advice or immigration services pending determination of a charge (rule 15);
(d) the consolidation of the proceedings with any other proceedings before the Tribunal, whether involving the same or different parties (rule 16(2)(a));
(e) the hearing of any two or more sets of proceedings together (rule 16(2)(b));
(f) the extension of the time limited by these Rules for any step in the proceedings (rule 16(2)(c));
(g) what witnesses are to be heard at the full hearing of an appeal or charge (rule 17);
(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);
(i) the date for the full hearing of an appeal or charge (rule 19);
(j) who may represent any party to an appeal or charge (rule 21(d));
(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);
(l) any other arrangement which, in the opinion of the Tribunal, may facilitate the determination of the appeal or charge (rule 16(2)(d));
a section or Schedule cited by number alone means the section or Schedule so numbered in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
all words and expressions defined in section 82 shall have the same meaning in these Rules.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2739/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-services-tribunal-rules-2000/article-2
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