For the purposes of this Part a person is a "dependant" of an asylum-seeker if (and only if) that person—
is in the United Kingdom, and
is within a prescribed class.
Section 20: Dependant: definition
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 · 2002 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk
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