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Interpretation
This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum
2. In these Regulations—

“application for asylum” means the request of a person to be recognised as a refugee under the Geneva Convention;
“Geneva Convention” means the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28 July 1951 and the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967(1);
“immigration rules” means rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971(2);
“persecution” means an act of persecution within the meaning of Article 1(A) of the Geneva Convention;
“person eligible for humanitarian protection” means a person who is eligible for a grant of humanitarian protection under the immigration rules;
“refugee” means a person who falls within Article 1(A) of the Geneva Convention and to whom regulation 7 does not apply;
“residence permit” means a document confirming that a person has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom whether limited or indefinite;
“serious harm” means serious harm as defined in the immigration rules;
“person” means any person who is not a British citizen.


Could that have been any drier or more boring?