UK Borders Act 2007

15 Interpretation

(1) For the purposes of section 5—

(a) “person subject to immigration control” means a person who under the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom (whether or not such leave has been given),

(b) “biometric information” means information about external physical characteristics,

(c) “external physical characteristics” includes, in particular—

(i) fingerprints, and

(ii) features of the iris or any other part of the eye,

(d) “document” includes a card or sticker and any other method of recording information (whether in writing or by the use of electronic or other technology or by a combination of methods),

(e) “authorised person” has the meaning given by section 141(5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (authority to take fingerprints),

(f) “immigration” includes asylum, and

(g) regulations permitting something to be done by the Secretary of State may (but need not) permit it to be done only where the Secretary of State is of a specified opinion.

(2) An application for a biometric immigration document is an application in connection with immigration for the purposes of—

(a) section 50(1) and (2) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13) (procedure), and

(b) section 51 of that Act (fees);

and in the application of either of those sections to an application for a biometric immigration document, the prescribed consequences of non-compliance may include any of the consequences specified in section 7(2) above.