• “immigration rules” (“rheolau mewnfudo”) means the rules laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;

• “person granted stateless leave” (“person y rhoddwyd caniatâd iddo aros fel person diwladwriaeth”) means a person who—

  1. a

     has extant leave to remain as a stateless person under the immigration rules; and

  2. b

     has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave;

• “person with leave to enter or remain” (“person sydd â chaniatâd i ddod i mewn neu i aros”) means a person (“P”)—

  1. a

     who has—

     1. i

        applied for refugee status but has, as a result of that application, been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although P is not considered to qualify for recognition as a refugee, it is thought right to allow P to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on the grounds of humanitarian protection or discretionary leave, and who has been granted leave to enter or remain accordingly;

     2. ii

        not applied for refugee status but has been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that it is thought right to allow P to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on the grounds of discretionary leave, and who has been granted leave to enter or remain accordingly;

     3. iii

        been granted leave to remain on the grounds of private life under the immigration rules; or

     4. iv

        been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although P is not considered to qualify for leave to remain on the grounds of private life under the immigration rules, P has been granted leave to remain outside the rules17 on the grounds of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights;

  2. b

     whose period of leave to enter or remain has not expired or has been renewed and the period for which it was renewed has not expired or in respect of whose leave to enter or remain an appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 200218); and

  3. c

     who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since P was granted leave to enter or remain;

b

who was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on the leave application date; and

b

who, on the leave application date, was the child of the person with leave to enter or remain or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on that date;

c

who was under 18 on the leave application date; and

4

In this paragraph, “leave application date” means the date on which the person with leave to enter or remain made the application that led to that person being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.