Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 1147
IMMIGRATION
The Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2002
Made
23rd April 2002
Laid before Parliament
24th April 2002
Coming into force
15th May 2002
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 60(6) and 166(3) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999( 1 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 15th May 2002.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 2000 Regulations” means the Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 ( 2 ); and
“the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 .
Amendment of the 2000 Regulations
3. —(1) Subject to (2) below, the definition of “entry clearance officer”, “fee” and “repayment” in regulation 2(1) and regulations 3 and 4 of the 2000 Regulations are hereby revoked.
(2) Where a person has appealed under section 59(2) of the 1999 Act before these Regulations come into force (whether or not that appeal has been determined), nothing in these Regulations shall prevent the repayment to a family visitor of a fee in accordance with regulations 3(3) and 4 of the 2000 Regulations.
David Blunkett
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
23rd April 2002
S.I. 2000/2446 .