The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2013

Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008

4.  In rule 1 (citation, commencement, application and interpretation), in paragraph (3)(1)—

(a) omit the definition of “fresh claim proceedings”;

(b) after the definition of “immigration case” insert—

““immigration judicial review proceedings” means judicial review proceedings which are designated as an immigration matter—

(a)

in a direction made in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005(2) specifying a class of case for the purposes of section 18(6) of the 2007 Act; or

(b)

in an order of the High Court in England and Wales made under section 31A(3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981(3), transferring to the Upper Tribunal an application of a kind described in section 31A(1) of that Act;”;

(c) in the definition of “party”, before “Tribunal finally” insert “Upper”.

(1)

As amended by S.I. 2010/44, 2010/747 and 2011/2343.

(2)

2005 c.4.

(3)

1981 c.54. Section 31A was inserted by section 19(1) of the Tribunals, Court and Enforcement Act 2007 (c.15), and amended by section 53(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c.11) and section 22(1) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22).