Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• F1“the 2025 Act” means the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025;

• “administrative review” means review conducted under the immigration rules;

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• F3“digital verification services” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the 2025 Act (see section 27(2) and (3) of that Act);

• F4“document” means—

  1. (a)

     an original document, or

  2. (b)

     where the original document is an official document giving a person’s permanent National Insurance Number and their name issued by a Government agency, a digital version of that document issued by the Government agency.

• “DVS identity check” means the response generated by an RtW DVSP using digital verification services when undertaking identity verification with respect to a person;

• “DVS register” means the register of persons established and maintained by the Secretary of State under section 32 of the 2025 Act;

• F5“employee”, except in regulations 4(2), 4(3), 5A(2) and 5A(3), includes a reference to a prospective employee

• F6“Home Office Employer Checking Service” means the enquiry and advice service for employers operated by the Home Office;

• F7“Home Office online right to work checking service” means the electronic system allowing employers to check whether a person is allowed to work in the United Kingdom and, if so, the nature of any restrictions on that person’s right to do so.

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• “immigration rules” has the same meaning as in section 33 of the Immigration Act 1971^f1;

• “online right to work check” means the response generated by the Home Office online right to work checking service in relation to a person;

• “Positive Verification Notice” means a document issued by the Home Office Employer Checking Service which indicates that the person named in it is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom and is allowed to do the work in question;

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• “relevant DVS document” means—

  1. (a)

     the digital version (if any) of a document listed in Schedule 1 or 2 provided to an RtW DVSP by a Government department or Government agency,

  2. (b)

     a passport (current or expired by not more than six months) showing that the holder is a British citizen, or

  3. (c)

     a passport or passport card (in either case, whether current or expired by not more than six months) showing that the holder is an Irish citizen;

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• “relevant person” means a person required to comply with these Regulations by virtue of an illegal working compliance order;

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• “RtW DVSP” means a person registered in the DVS register under section 33(1) of the 2025 Act in relation to whom there is a note pursuant to section 36(2) of that Act that the person provides right to work digital verification services;