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Cancellation of a biometric immigration documentU.K.

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17.  The Secretary of State may cancel a biometric immigration document if he thinks that —

(a)information provided in connection with the document was or has become false, misleading or incomplete;

(b)the document has been lost or stolen;

(c)the document (including any information recorded in it) has been altered, damaged or destroyed (whether deliberately or not);

(d)an attempt has been made (whether successfully or not) to copy the document or to do anything to enable it to be copied;

(e)a person has failed to surrender the document when required to do so under regulation [F116(a) to (f), (h), (i) or (j);]

(f)the document should be re-issued (whether because the information recorded in it requires alteration or for any other reason);

(g)a person has acquired the biometric immigration document without the consent of the holder or of the Secretary of State; F2...

(h)the holder has died; F3[F4...

(i)the holder has proved that he is a British citizen or a Commonwealth citizen who has a right of abode in the United Kingdom as a result of section 2(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971 (statement of right of abode in the United Kingdom)]; [F5or]

[F6(j)a person has failed to collect the document within the period or by the process specified in the written decision issued under regulation 13A(2).]

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