Section 17(4)

In this section— “application for international protection” has the meaning given by Article 2(h) of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted; “protection claim” has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (see section 82(2) of that Act); “relative”, in relation to an unaccompanied child, means— a spouse or civil partner of the child or any person with whom the child has a durable relationship that is similar to marriage or civil partnership, or a parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, brother or sister of the child; “unaccompanied child” means a person under the age of 18 (“the child”) who is not in the care of a person who— is aged 18 or over, and by law or custom of the country or territory in which the child is present, has responsibility for caring for the child.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30