{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/22",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Safeguards for children",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (entry control) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 4 (power to take biometric information on examination), after sub-paragraph (6) (as inserted by paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 2) insert—\n“(7) A person (“P”) who is under 16 may not be required to provide biometric information under sub-paragraph (5) unless—\n(a) the decision to require P to provide the information has been confirmed by a chief immigration officer, and\n(b) the information is provided in the presence of a person of full age who is—\n(i) P's parent or guardian, or\n(ii) a person who for the time being takes responsibility for P.\n(8) The person mentioned in sub-paragraph (7)(b)(ii) may not be—\n(a) a person who is entitled to require the provision of information under sub-paragraph (5) (an “authorised person”), or\n(b) an officer of the Secretary of State who is not such a person.\n(9) Sub-paragraph (7) does not prevent an authorised person requiring the provision of biometric information by a person the authorised person reasonably believes to be 16 or over.”\n(3) In paragraph 18 (power to take biometric information from detained persons), after sub-paragraph (2A) insert—\n“(2B) Paragraph 4(7) to (9) applies to sub-paragraph (2) as it applies to paragraph 4(5).”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 13 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": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 13 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": "C3",
      "text": "S. 13 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": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 28.7.2014 by S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/section/13",
    "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."
}