{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/illegal-working-compliance-orders-regulations-2016/regulation-6A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/illegal-working-compliance-orders-regulations-2016/regulation-6A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1058",
  "legislation_title": "The Illegal Working Compliance Orders Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/illegal-working-compliance-orders-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/6A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6A",
  "heading": "Right to work checks: DVS identity checks—requirements",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The requirements mentioned in article 4A(1)(d) are that—\n(a) the relevant person is satisfied that the photograph of the individual contained in the information received by the relevant person in accordance with article 4A(1)(b) is of the employee;\n(b) the relevant person retains a clear copy of the DVS identity check, and the documents checked, for a period of not less than two years after the employment has come to an end.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 6A inserted (6.4.2022) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms), etc., Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/242), regs. 1(1)(b), 10(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 6A(1) omitted (1.10.2026) by virtue of The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/700), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 6A(2) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/700), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 6A(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/700), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 6A(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/700), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(c)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in reg. 6A heading substituted (1.10.2026) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/700), regs. 1(1), 3(6)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1058/regulation/6A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T03:31:04.881762+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."
}