The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/1089
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Rules may be cited as the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2008 and come into force on 12th May 2008.

(2) In these Rules a reference to a rule or Schedule by number alone is to the rule or Schedule so numbered in or to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) Rules 2005 .

Section 2 Amendments to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) Rules 2005

In rule 6—

(a) in paragraph (e) delete “ and”;

(b) in paragraph (f) for “19.” substitute “19;”; and

(c) after paragraph (f) insert—

(g) rule 20, provided that this Part applies to all of the appeals proposed to be heard together.

Section 3 Amendments to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) Rules 2005

In rule 13—

(a) re-number the existing provision as paragraph (1); and

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

(2) The Tribunal may consider an appeal without a hearing where—

(a) the person giving notice of appeal fails to comply with rule 8(2) of the Principal Rules; or

(b) the Tribunal does not consider that the reasons given under rule 8(2)(b) of those Rules are satisfactory.

Section 4 Amendments to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Fast Track Procedure) Rules 2005

In Schedule 2, after “Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, Harmondsworth, Middlesex”, insert “Oakington Reception Centre, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire”.