{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-pilot-regulations-2008/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110811802",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Pilot) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-pilot-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Surrender of a biometric immigration document",
  "text": "The Secretary of State may require the surrender of a biometric immigration document if he thinks that —\n(a) information provided in connection with the document was or has become false, misleading or incomplete;\n(b) the document (including any information recorded in it) has been altered, damaged or destroyed (whether deliberately or not);\n(c) an attempt has been made (whether successfully or not) to copy the document or to do anything to enable it to be copied;\n(d) the document should be re-issued (whether because the information recorded in it requires alteration or for any other reason);\n(e) the holder’s leave to remain in the United Kingdom is to be varied, cancelled, invalidated or to lapse; or\n(f) the document has ceased to have effect under regulation 14(3) or has been cancelled under regulation 17.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110811802/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:39.959999+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."
}