{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003/regulation-7D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-general-regulations-2003/regulation-7D.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/7D",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7D",
  "heading": "Consequences of a failure to comply with a requirement of these Regulations",
  "text": "Where an individual who is required to provide biometric information as part of an application for registration or naturalisation as a British citizen fails to comply with the process, or combination of processes, required by an authorised person in accordance with regulation 7C, the Secretary of State may treat the individual’s application as invalid.",
  "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/7D",
    "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."
}