Cancellation of a biometric immigration documentU.K.
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).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 17(e) substituted (31.3.2009) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/819), regs. 1(1), 7(a)
F2Word in reg. 17(g) omitted (31.3.2009) by virtue of The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/819), regs. 1(1), 7(b)
F3Word in reg. 17(h) omitted (17.3.2015) by virtue of The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/433), regs. 1(1), 15(a)
F4Reg. 17(i) and word inserted (31.3.2009) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/819), regs. 1(1), 7(c)
F5Word in reg. 17(i) inserted (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/433), regs. 1(1), 15(b)
F6Reg. 17(j) inserted (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/433), regs. 1(1), 15(c)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 17 in force at 25.11.2008, see reg. 1