Commentary on Sections Schedule 1: Immigration and Asylum Appeals: Consequential Amendments
35.Paragraphs 2 through 10 amend sections 72(9); 85(4); 86(1); 87(1); 97(1); 97(3); 103A(1); 103E(1); 106(1)(a), 106(1)(b) and 108(1)(a) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 to include reference to the new right of appeal created by section 1. Paragraphs 13 and 14 similarly amend the British Nationality Act 1981 and the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 to incorporate the new right of appeal. Paragraph 11 amends section 112 of the 2002 Act to incorporate the new regulation making power under section 13.
36.Paragraph 12 amends the Race Relations Act 1976 to update the definition of ‘immigration appellate body’ from ‘Immigration Appeal Tribunal’ to ‘Asylum and Immigration Tribunal’.