InterpretationU.K.

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971(1);

“the 1997 Act” means the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997(2);

“the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(3);

“the 2002 Act” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002;

[F1“citizens' rights immigration decision” means a decision which can be appealed against under the Immigration (Citizens' Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.]

“decision-maker” means—

(a)

the Secretary of State;

(b)

an immigration officer;

(c)

an entry clearance officer;

F2...

“entry clearance officer” means a person responsible for the grant or refusal of entry clearance;

F3...

“minor” means a person who is under 18 years of age;

“notice of appeal” means a notice in the appropriate prescribed form in accordance with the [F4Procedure Rules];

“Procedure Rules” means rules made under section [F522 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007];

“representative” means a person who appears to the decision-maker—

(a)

to be the representative of a person referred to in regulation 4(1) below; and

(b)

not to be prohibited from acting as a representative by section 84 of the 1999 Act.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2003, see reg. 1