{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-107",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002/section-107.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/41",
  "legislation_title": "Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nationality-immigration-and-asylum-act-2002",
  "path": "section/107",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "107",
  "heading": "Practice directions",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) In the case of proceedings under section 82 ... ..., or proceedings in the Upper Tribunal arising out of such proceedings, practice directions under section 23 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007—\n(a) may require the Tribunal to treat a specified decision of the Tribunal or Upper Tribunal as authoritative in respect of a particular matter; and\n(b) may require the Upper Tribunal to treat a specified decision of the Tribunal or Upper Tribunal as authoritative in respect of a particular matter.\n(3A) In subsection (3) the reference to a decision of the Tribunal includes—\n(a) a decision of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, and\n(b) a decision of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 107(1) omitted (15.2.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/21), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 28(a) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 107(1A) omitted (15.2.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/21), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 28(a) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 107(2) omitted (4.4.2005) by virtue of Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), ss. 26, 48(1)-(3), Sch. 2 para. 22(1)(b) and said subprovision repealed (prosp.) by Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), ss. 47, 48(1)-(3), Sch. 4 ; S.I. 2005/565, art. 2 (with savings in arts. 3-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 107(3) substituted (15.2.2010) by The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/21), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 28(b) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 107(3) omitted (20.10.2014) by virtue of Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 50; S.I. 2014/2771, art. 2(e) (with arts. 9-11) (as amended (2.3.2015 and 6.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/371, arts. 1(2)(3), 7, 8; and with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/2928, art. 2 (which S.I. is revoked (6.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/371, arts. 1(3), 9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 107(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (c. 20), s. 9(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(3)(b) (with s. 4(2)); S.I. 2020/1279, reg. 4(c) (with savings in S.I. 2020/1309, regs. 1(2), 82, 83, Sch. 3 para. 7, Sch. 4 paras. 1-4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 107(3A) inserted (15.2.2010) by The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/21), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 28(c) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 107(4)-(7) omitted (15.2.2010) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/21), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 28(a) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 107 extended by 1981 c. 61, s. 40A(8) (as substituted (1.4.2003) by 2002 c. 41, ss. 4(1), 162(2) (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/754, art. 2(1), Sch. 1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 107 applied (with modifications) (31.1.2020) by The Immigration (Citizens Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/61), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/36",
      "affecting_title": "Nationality and Borders Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/36",
      "affecting_title": "Nationality and Borders Act 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/41/section/107",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:47.769208+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."
}