# Immigration Act 2014, Section 13: Safeguards for children

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (entry control) is amended as follows.
(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—
“(7) A person (“P”) who is under 16 may not be required to provide biometric information under sub-paragraph (5) unless—
(a) the decision to require P to provide the information has been confirmed by a chief immigration officer, and
(b) the information is provided in the presence of a person of full age who is—
(i) P's parent or guardian, or
(ii) a person who for the time being takes responsibility for P.
(8) The person mentioned in sub-paragraph (7)(b)(ii) may not be—
(a) a person who is entitled to require the provision of information under sub-paragraph (5) (an “authorised person”), or
(b) an officer of the Secretary of State who is not such a person.
(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.”
(3) In paragraph 18 (power to take biometric information from detained persons), after sub-paragraph (2A) insert—
“(2B) Paragraph 4(7) to (9) applies to sub-paragraph (2) as it applies to paragraph 4(5).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014/section-13
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