{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008/regulation-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Use and retention of biometric information",
  "text": "Subject to regulations 10 and 11, the Secretary of State may use a record of a person’s fingerprints or a photograph of a person’s face provided in accordance with these Regulations —\n(a) in connection with the exercise of a function by virtue of the Immigration Acts;\n(b) in connection with the control of the United Kingdom’s borders;\n(c) in connection with the exercise of a function related to nationality;\n(d) in connection with the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of an offence;\n(e) for a purpose which appears to the Secretary of State to be required in order to protect national security;\n(f) in connection with identifying victims of an event or situation which has caused loss of human life or human illness or injury;\n(g) for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person has failed to comply with the law or has gained, or sought to gain, a benefit or service, or has asserted an entitlement, to which he is not by law entitled.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}