{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110818382",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Cancellation of a biometric immigration document",
  "text": "The Secretary of State may cancel 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 has been lost or stolen;\n(c) the document (including any information recorded in it) has been altered, damaged or destroyed (whether deliberately or not);\n(d) an attempt has been made (whether successfully or not) to copy the document or to do anything to enable it to be copied;\n(e) a person has failed to surrender the document when required to do so under regulation 16(a) to (f) or (h);\n(f) the document should be re-issued (whether because the information recorded in it requires alteration or for any other reason);\n(g) a person has acquired the biometric immigration document without the consent of the holder or of the Secretary of State; or\n(h) the holder has died.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110818382/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:07.810407+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."
}