art 2 Interpretation
In these Rules— “the 2002 Act ” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; “adjudicator” means an adjudicator appointed for the purposes of Part 5 of the 2002 Act; “appellant” in relation to an appeal to an adjudicator has the meaning given by rule 5(2), and in relation to an appeal to the Tribunal has the meaning given by rule 14(2); “appellate authority” in relation to an appeal or application to an adjudicator means an adjudicator or the adjudicators' staff, and in relation to an appeal or application to the Tribunal means the Tribunal or its staff; “appropriate prescribed form” means the appropriate form in the Schedule to these Rules, or that form with any variations that the circumstances may require; “asylum claim” has the meaning given in section 113(1) of the 2002 Act; “the Immigration Acts ” means the Acts referred to in section 158(1) of the 2002 Act; “immigration decision” means a decision of a kind listed in section 82(2) of the 2002 Act; “immigration rules” means the rules referred to in section 1(4) of the Immigration Act 1971 ; “party”, in relation to an appeal where the appellant or respondent has made a claim for asylum, includes the United Kingdom Representative , if he has given written notice to the appellate authority that he wishes to be treated as a party; “relevant decision”, subject to rule 61(2), means— an immigration decision; a decision to reject an asylum claim against which there is a right of appeal under section 83 of the 2002 Act; or a decision to make an order under section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (deprivation of citizenship); “respondent” in relation to an appeal to an adjudicator has the meaning given by rule 5(2), and in relation to an appeal to the Tribunal has the meaning given by rule 14(2); “senior adjudicator” means the Chief Adjudicator, the Deputy Chief Adjudicator, a Regional Adjudicator or a Deputy Regional Adjudicator; “Tribunal” means the Immigration Appeal Tribunal; “United Kingdom Representative” means the United Kingdom Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.