The Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008

  1. Introductory Text

  2. In accordance with section 6(6)(e) of that Act, a draft...

  3. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  4. 2.In these Regulations— “biometric card” means a card which forms...

  5. 3.Requirement to apply for a biometric immigration document

  6. 3A.(1) A person who is subject to immigration control and...

  7. 4.Specified categories

  8. 5.Power for an authorised person to require a person to provide biometric information

  9. 6.Power for the Secretary of State to use and retain existing biometric information

  10. 7.Provision in relation to persons under the age of sixteen

  11. 8.Process by which an individual’s fingerprints and photograph may be obtained and recorded

  12. 9.Use and retention of biometric information

  13. 10.Destruction of biometric information

  14. 11.Retention of fingerprints

  15. 12.Destruction etc. of electronic data

  16. 12A.Biometric information: retention under another power

  17. 13.Issue of a biometric immigration document

  18. 13A.(1) The Secretary of State may issue a biometric immigration...

  19. 13B.Issue of a short term biometric immigration document

  20. 14.Requirement to surrender documents connected with immigration and nationality

  21. 15.Content of a biometric immigration document

  22. 16.Surrender of a biometric card

  23. 16A.Cancelling access to a biometric immigration document

  24. 17.Cancellation of a biometric immigration document

  25. 18.Requirement for the holder of a document to notify the Secretary of State

  26. 19.Requirement to apply for a replacement biometric immigration document

  27. 20.Application of these Regulations to a person who is required to apply for a replacement biometric immigration document

  28. 21.Requirement to use a biometric immigration document

  29. 22.Requirement to provide information for comparison

  30. 22A.Requirement to provide a new photograph

  31. 23.Consequences of a failure to comply with a requirement of these Regulations

  32. 24.Revocation and transitional provisions

  33. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      1. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES TO WHICH REGULATION 3A(2) APPLIES

  35. Explanatory Note