Biometric registration

I1C1C215Interpretation

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),

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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.

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For the purposes of section 5 “ biometric information ” means—

a

information about a person's external physical characteristics (including in particular fingerprints and features of the iris), and

b

any other information about a person's physical characteristics specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.

1B

An order under subsection (1A)(b)—

a

may specify only information that can be obtained or recorded by an external examination of a person;

b

must not specify information about a person's DNA.

1C

Section 6(6) applies to an order under subsection (1A)(b) as it applies to regulations under section 5(1).

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

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section 68 of the Immigration Act 2014 (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.