{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003/regulation-7A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003/regulation-7A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/548",
  "legislation_title": "The British Nationality (General) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/7A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": "Provision of biometric information with citizenship applications",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulation 7B, where an individual makes an application for registration or naturalisation as a British citizen, an authorised person may require the individual to provide biometric information.\n(2) Where an authorised person requires an individual to provide biometric information in accordance with paragraph (1), the individual must provide it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. IIA inserted (6.4.2015) by The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/738), regs. 1(1), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/548/regulation/7A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:21.742433+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}