The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014

1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(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; “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; “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— an appellant or respondent to proceedings; a party to a bail application as provided for in rule 37(3) and 37(4); and 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— the decision maker specified in the notice of decision against which a notice of appeal has been provided; and 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 Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 ; and 27th to 31st December inclusive. (5) A rule or Part referred to by number alone, means a rule in, or Part of, these Rules.