Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on the 31st August 2006.

Amendment of the Immigration (Notices) Regulations 2003

2.The Immigration (Notices) Regulations 2003( 2 ) are amended as follows.

3. After regulation 4(2) (Notice of decisions) insert—

“ (2A) The decision-maker must give written notice to a person of a decision that they are no longer a refugee if as a result of that decision a right of appeal arises under section 83A(2) of the 2002 Act ( 3 ) . ” .

4. In regulation 5 of the Immigration (Notices) Regulations 2003 (Contents of notice), for paragraph (1) substitute the following—

“ (1) A notice given under regulation 4(1)—

(a) is to include or be accompanied by a statement of the reasons for the decision to which it relates; and

(b) if it relates to an immigration decision specified in section 82(2)(a), (g), (h), (i), (ia) ( 4 ) or (j) of the 2002 Act—

(i) shall state the country or territory to which it is proposed to remove the person; or

(ii) may, if it appears to the decision-maker that the person to whom the notice is to be given may be removable to more than one country or territory, state any such countries or territories.. ”