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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008 No. 3048
15.—(1) A biometric immigration document may contain some or all of the following information on the face of the document —
(a)the title of the document;
(b)the document number;
(c)the name of the holder;
(d)the holder’s date of birth;
(e)the holder’s place of birth;
(f)the holder’s nationality;
(g)the sex of the holder;
(h)the period of leave to remain which the person is granted;
(i)the class of leave to remain which the person is granted;
(j)any conditions to which the limited leave to remain is subject or remarks relating to those conditions;
(k)the place and date of issue of the document;
(l)the period for which the document is valid;
(m)the holder’s facial image;
(n)the signature of the holder;
(o)a machine readable code;
(p)a hologram;
(q)an emblem of the United Kingdom and the words “United Kingdom”;
(r)the symbol of the International Civil Aviation Organization denoting a machine readable travel document which contains a contactless microchip; and
(s)any additional security features.
(2) A biometric immigration document may contain some or all of the following within a radio frequency electronic microchip embedded in the document —
(a)any of the information specified in paragraph (1)(a) to (m);
(b)information relating to a record of any two of the holder’s fingerprints; and
(c)any additional security features.
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