(1)The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing, require a person to whom section 141 applies to attend at a specified place for fingerprinting.
[F1(2)In the case of a notice given to a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(a) to (d) or (f) (in so far as it applies to [F2a member of the family of, or a dependant of,] a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(a) to (d)), the notice—
(a)must require him to attend during a specified period of at least seven days beginning with a day not less than seven days after the date given in the notice as its date of issue, and
(b)may require him to attend at a specified time of day or during specified hours.
(2A)In the case of a notice given to a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(e) or (f) (in so far as it applies to [F3a member of the family of] a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(e)), the notice—
(a)may require him to attend during a specified period beginning with a day not less than three days after the date given in the notice as its date of issue,
(b)may require him to attend on a specified day not less than three days after the date given in the notice as its date of issue, and
(c)may require him to attend at a specified time of day or during specified hours.]
(3)A constable or immigration officer may arrest without warrant a person who has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section (unless the requirement has ceased to have effect).
(4)Before a person arrested under subsection (3) is released—
(a)he may be removed to a place where his fingerprints may conveniently be taken; and
(b)his fingerprints may be taken (whether or not he is so removed).
(5)A requirement imposed under subsection (1) ceases to have effect at the end of the relevant period (as defined by section 141).
Textual Amendments
F1S. 142(2)(2A) substituted for s. 142(2) (31.8.2006) by Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), ss. 29, 62(1)(2); S.I. 2006/2226, art. 3, Sch. 1
F2Words in s. 142(2) substituted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), ss. 57(8), 94(1); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(j)
F3Words in s. 142(2A) substituted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), ss. 57(9), 94(1); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(j)