{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/22",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Meaning of “biometric information”",
  "text": "(1) Section 15 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (biometric immigration documents: interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), omit paragraphs (b) and (c).\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) For the purposes of section 5 “biometric information” means—\n(a) information about a person's external physical characteristics (including in particular fingerprints and features of the iris), and\n(b) any other information about a person's physical characteristics specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.\n(1B) An order under subsection (1A)(b)—\n(a) may specify only information that can be obtained or recorded by an external examination of a person;\n(b) must not specify information about a person's DNA.\n(1C) Section 6(6) applies to an order under subsection (1A)(b) as it applies to regulations under section 5(1).”\n(4) Schedule 2 (which amends other enactments) has effect.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 12 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 5, Sch. 4, Sch. 4A"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 12 extended (Isle of Man) (with modifications) by S.I. 2008/680, art. 22, Sch. 9A (as amended: (14.3.2019) by S.I. 2019/562, arts. 1, 9, 18; (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2020/1214, arts. 1, 5, 12; (11.11.2021) by S.I. 2021/1277, arts. 1(2), 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 12(4) extended (with modifications) (Jersey) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Jersey) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/619), arts. 1(1), 3, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 28.7.2014 by S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(k)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:34.341350+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."
}