{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008/regulation-23",
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  "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/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Consequences of a failure to comply with a requirement of these Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Where a person who is required to make an application for the issue of a biometric immigration document fails to comply with a requirement of these Regulations, the Secretary of State —\n(a) may take any, or any combination, of the actions specified in paragraph (2); and\n(b) must consider giving a notice under section 9 of the UK Borders Act 2007.\n(2) The actions specified are to —\n(a) refuse an application for a biometric immigration document;\n(b) disregard the person’s application for leave to remain;\n(c) refuse the person’s application for leave to remain; and\n(d) cancel or vary leave to enter or remain.\n(3) Where any person apart from a person referred to in paragraph (1) fails to comply with a requirement of these Regulations, the Secretary of State must consider giving a notice under section 9 of the UK Borders Act 2007.\n(4) The Secretary of State may designate an adult as the person responsible for ensuring that a child complies with the requirements of these Regulations.",
  "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/23",
    "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."
}