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These Rules amend the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2005 (SI 2005/230). They—
de-prescribe the appeal forms and provide that the appeal must be made in a form approved for the purpose by the President (rules 2,3,12,13 and 16);
change the title of rule 9 to remove the reference to an “invalid appeal” (rule 4);
require the Tribunal to provide reasons for a decision in relation to a late notice of appeal (rule 5);
make provision for an appeal to be treated as withdrawn, or for the Tribunal to direct that an appeal may continue, if an appellant dies before his appeal has been considered by the Tribunal (rule 6)
amend the provision on abandonment of appeals consequential on an amendment to section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c.41) by section 9 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c.13) (rule 7);
extend the time limits within which the Tribunal must fix a date for a hearing, or determine an appeal without a hearing, in asylum appeals (rule 8);
amend the provisions on orders of funding consequential to an amendment to section 103D of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c.41) by section 8 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c.13) (rules 10 and 11);
make provision for a notice of appeal which is signed by a representative to be deemed to constitute notification to the Tribunal that the representative is acting (rule 14); and
make provision for the President of the Tribunal to review and set aside orders, notices of decision and determinations in circumstances where they are wrongly made as a result of administrative errors at the Tribunal (rule 15).
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