The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 2014/2604 |
Year | 2014 |
(1) These Rules may be cited as the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014 and come into force on 20th October 2014.(2) They apply to proceedings before the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4) In these Rules—
- “the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 ;
- “the 2002 Act” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002;
- “the 2004 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 ; ...
- “the 2007 Act” means the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;
- F41“the 2020 Regulations” means the Immigration (Citizens’ Rights Appeals) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;
- “appealable decision” means a decision from which there is a right of appeal to the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal;
- “appellant” means a person who has provided a notice of appeal to the Tribunal against an appealable decision in accordance with these Rules;
- F70“appointment” means (except in rule 10(5) ) , a case management meeting conducted by a member of the Tribunal’s staff authorised to carry out functions of a judicial nature pursuant to rule 3(2) , held for the purpose of carrying out any of those functions;
- “asylum claim” has the meaning given in section 113(1) of the 2002 Act;
- “certificate of fee satisfaction” means a certificate of fee satisfaction issued by the Lord Chancellor under article 8 of the Fees Order;
- “decision maker” means the maker of a decision against which an appeal is brought;
- “dispose of proceedings” includes, unless indicated otherwise, disposing of a part of the proceedings;
- “document” means anything in which information is recorded in any form, and an obligation under these Rules to provide or allow access to a document or a copy of a document for any purpose means, unless the Tribunal directs otherwise, an obligation to provide or allow access to such document or copy in a legible form or in a form which can be readily made into a legible form; ...
- “the Fees Order” means the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011 ;
- “hearing” means an oral hearing and includes a hearing conducted in whole or in part by video link, telephone or other means of instantaneous two-way electronic communication;
- “the Immigration Acts” means the Acts referred to in section 61 of the UK Borders Act 2007 ;
- “party” means—
- (a) an appellant or respondent to proceedings;
- (b) a party to a bail application as provided for in rule 37(3) and 37(4) ; and
- (c) the UNHCR where notice has been given to the Tribunal in accordance with rule 8(3) ;
- “practice direction” means a direction given under section 23 of the 2007 Act;
- “qualified representative” means a person who is a qualified person in accordance with section 84(2) of the 1999 Act;
- “respondent” means—
- (a) the decision maker specified in the notice of decision against which a notice of appeal has been provided; and
- (b) a person substituted or added as a respondent in accordance with rule 8.
- “Tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal;
- “the UNHCR” means the United Kingdom Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and
- “working day” means any day except—
- (a) a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 ; and
- (b) 27th to 31st December inclusive.
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