The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2013
These rules amend the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1034) (“the 2003 Rules”) as a consequence of amendments to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (c.68) (“the 1997 Act”) by section 15 of the Justice and Security Act 2013 (c.18). Under the new provisions an applicant may apply to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) to set aside a direction by the Secretary of State to exclude a non-EEA national from the UK (section 2C(2) of the 1997 Act), and to set aside a decision by the Secretary of State in relation to naturalisation and citizenship applications (under section 2D(2) of the 1997 Act). When deciding such applications SIAC must apply the principles which would be applied in judicial review proceedings.