art 2 Interpretation
In these Rules:— “appeal” means an appeal under section 87(2) against a decision of the Commissioner, and “appellant” shall be construed accordingly; “charge” means a disciplinary charge laid by the Commissioner under paragraph 9(1)(e) of Schedule 5 and “person charged” shall be construed accordingly; “procedural direction” means a direction relating to any of the following matters:— the suspension of the effect of the decision appealed against pending determination of the appeal (rule 10); the cancellation or variation of a direction suspending the effect of a decision (rule 11); restrictions on or prohibition of the provision of immigration advice or immigration services pending determination of a charge (rule 15); the consolidation of the proceedings with any other proceedings before the Tribunal, whether involving the same or different parties (rule 16(2)(a)); the hearing of any two or more sets of proceedings together (rule 16(2)(b)); the extension of the time limited by these Rules for any step in the proceedings (rule 16(2)(c)); what witnesses are to be heard at the full hearing of an appeal or charge (rule 17); the provision of information, or disclosure of documents, by any party to the proceedings to any other party or to the Tribunal (rule 18); the date for the full hearing of an appeal or charge (rule 19); who may represent any party to an appeal or charge (rule 21(d)); the setting aside of a decision made in the absence of a party and the re-listing of the proceedings for hearing (rule 25); any other arrangement which, in the opinion of the Tribunal, may facilitate the determination of the appeal or charge (rule 16(2)(d)); a section or Schedule cited by number alone means the section or Schedule so numbered in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; all words and expressions defined in section 82 shall have the same meaning in these Rules.