(1)Section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45) (offences relating to various documents) shall be amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (5)(f) (passports) insert—
“(fa)immigration documents;”.
(3)After subsection (8) add—
“(9)In subsection (5)(fa) “immigration document” means a card, adhesive label or other instrument which satisfies subsection (10) or (11).
(10)A card, adhesive label or other instrument satisfies this subsection if it—
(a)is designed to be given, in the exercise of a function under the Immigration Acts (within the meaning of section 44 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004), to a person who has been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and
(b)carries information (whether or not wholly or partly electronically) about the leave granted.
(11)A card, adhesive label or other instrument satisfies this subsection if it is given to a person to confirm a right of his under the Community Treaties in respect of entry to or residence in the United Kingdom.”