2 Amendments to the Immigration (Notices) Regulations 2003
1 The Immigration (Notices) Regulations 2003 are amended as follows.
S.I. 2003/658 as amended by S.I. 2006/2168, S.I. 2008/684, S.I. 2008/1819 and S.I. 2013/793.
2 In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) omit the definition of “immigration decision”;
(b) in the definition of “notice of appeal”, for “rules for the time being in force under section 106(1) of the 2002 Act” substitute “Procedure Rules”; and
(c) in the definition of “Procedure Rules”, for “106(1) of the 2002 Act” substitute “22 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007”.
2002 c. 41; section 106(1) was repealed by S.I. 2010/21.
2007 c. 15.
3 Omit regulation 3 (transitional provision).
4 In regulation 4 (notice of decisions)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “immigration decision or” substitute “decision taken in respect of him which is appealable under section 82(1) of the 2002 Act or any”; and
2002 c. 41; section 82(1) was amended by section 26(2) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19) and section 15(2) of the Immigration Act 2014.
(b) omit paragraphs (2) and (2A).
5 In regulation 5 (contents of notice)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a), omit “and”;
(b) omit paragraphs (1)(b), (2) and (2A);
(c) in paragraph (3), omit “subject to paragraph 6,”;
(d) for paragraph (4), substitute—

“4 The notice given under regulation 4 shall be accompanied by information about the process for providing a notice of appeal to the Tribunal and the time limit for providing that notice.”

; and
(e) omit paragraphs (5), (6), (7) and (8).
6 In regulation 7 (service of notice)—
(a) for paragraph (3), substitute—

“3 Where a notice has been given in accordance with paragraph (2) and then subsequently the person is located—
(a) he shall be given a copy of the notice and details of when and how it was given as soon as practicable; and
(b) the time limit for appeal under the Procedure Rules shall be calculated from the date the notice is deemed to have been given in accordance with paragraph (2).”

;
(b) for paragraph (4), substitute—

“4 Where a notice is sent by post to a place outside the United Kingdom in accordance with paragraph (1)(c) it shall be deemed to have been received on the twenty-eighth day after it was posted, unless the contrary is proved.”

;
(c) in paragraph (5)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), omit “and”; and
(ii) omit sub-paragraph (b); and
(d) omit paragraph (6).