[F128GSpecified evidenceU.K.
(1)The Registrar General may make regulations about the evidence that is required to be given for the purposes of section 8, 16 or 28B.
(2)The Secretary of State may make regulations about the evidence that is required to be given for the purposes of section 28C.
(3)Regulations under this section may, in particular, make provision about—
(a)the kind of evidence which is to be supplied;
(b)the form in which evidence is to be supplied;
(c)the manner in which evidence is to be supplied;
(d)the period within which evidence is to be supplied;
(e)the supply of further evidence;
(f)the sufficiency of evidence supplied;
(g)the consequences of failing to supply sufficient evidence in accordance with the regulations (including provision to secure that, in such a case, a particular decision is made or is to be treated as having been made);
(h)the retention or copying of evidence supplied.
(4)In this section “evidence” includes a photograph or other image.
(5)The Secretary of State must consult the Registrar General before making regulations under this section.
(6)The Registrar General must obtain the approval of the Secretary of State before making regulations under this section.
(7)Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.
(8)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section made by the Secretary of State is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 28B-28G inserted (20.10.2014 for specified purposes, 1.3.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 7 (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2014/2771, art. 3(e); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)