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Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 383

Immigration

The Immigration (Appeals) (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2015

Made

25th February 2015

Laid before Parliament

26th February 2015

Coming into force

6th April 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 73(2), (3) and 74(8) of the Immigration Act 2014( 1 ), makes the following Order:

Citation and Commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Appeals) (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provision) Order 2015 and comes into force on 6th April 2015.

Amendment to the Asylum (Procedures) Regulations 2007

2. —(1)The Asylum (Procedures) Regulations 2007( 2 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 5(1)(a) (Interpreters), omit “, 83 or 83A”( 3 ).

Amendment to the Appeals (Excluded Decisions) Order 2009

3. —(1)The Appeals (Excluded Decisions) Order 2009( 4 ) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 3(m) (Excluded decisions), omit “, 83 or 83A”.

Amendments to the UK Border Agency (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2010

4. —(1) The UK Border Agency (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2010( 5 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (Interpretation)—

(a) omit the definition of “immigration decision”;

(b) at the appropriate points, insert—

“human rights claim” has the same meaning as in section 113 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ( 6 ) ; and

“protection status” and “protection claim” have the same meaning as in section 82(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ( 7 ) ; .

(3) In regulation 2(3)(ii), for “asylum” substitute “a person’s protection or human rights claim, or to revoke a person’s protection status”.

Saving provision

5. —(1) In this article, “the Commencement Order” means the Immigration Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014( 8 ).

(2) Where the Secretary of State has made a decision to which article 9 of the Commencement Order applies and an appeal has been brought against that decision—

(a) regulation 5(1)(a) (Interpreters) of the Asylum (Procedures) Regulations 2007; and

(b) article 3(m) (Excluded decisions) of the Appeals (Excluded Decisions) Order 2009

continue to have effect as if the references to sections 83 and 83A were not omitted.

(3) Where the Secretary of State has made a decision to which article 9 of the Commencement Order applies, regulation 2(1) and (3)(i) and (ii) of the UK Border Agency (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2010 continues to have effect as if the amendments made by article 4(2) and (3) had not been made.

James Brokenshire

Minister of State

Home Office

25th February 2015

( 1 )

2014 c. 22 . See section 73(4) for the definition of “enactment”.

( 2 )

S.I. 2007/3187 ; amendments have been made to these Regulations but they are not relevant to this Order.

( 3 )

2002 c. 41 ; section 83 was amended by section 26 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004 and section 83A was inserted by section 1 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Both sections are repealed by section 15(3) of the Immigration Act 2014, subject to transitional and saving provisions specified in the Immigration Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 ( S.I. 2014/2771 ), and as amended by the Immigration Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Saving Provisions and Amendment) Order 2015 ( S.I. 2015/371 (C.18) ).

( 4 )

S.I. 2009/275 ; amended by S.I. 2010/41 .

( 6 )

2002 c. 41 ; the relevant part of section 113 was substituted by section 12(3) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) although this substitution has not come into force and was amended by Schedule 9 to the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22) .

( 7 )

2002 c. 41 ; section 82 was amended by sections 26(2) and 31 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc ) Act 2004 (c. 19) , sections 2, 11 and 47(6) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13) , section 35(3) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (c. 30) and substituted by section 15(2) of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22) .

( 8 )

S.I. 2014/2771 ; this Order was amended by the Immigration Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Saving Provisions and Amendment) Order 2015 ( S.I. 2015/371 (C.18) ).

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