Section 142 Attendance for fingerprinting.

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State may, by notice in writing, require a person to whom section 141 applies to attend at a specified place for fingerprinting.

F1(2)

In the case of a notice given to a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(a) to (d) or (f) (in so far as it applies to F2a member of the family of, or a dependant of, a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(a) to (d)), the notice—

(a)

must require him to attend during a specified period of at least seven days beginning with a day not less than seven days after the date given in the notice as its date of issue, and

(b)

may require him to attend at a specified time of day or during specified hours.

(2A)

In the case of a notice given to a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(e) or (f) (in so far as it applies to F3a member of the family of a person of a kind specified in section 141(7)(e)), the notice—

(a)

may require him to attend during a specified period beginning with a day not less than three days after the date given in the notice as its date of issue,

(b)

may require him to attend on a specified day not less than three days after the date given in the notice as its date of issue, and

(c)

may require him to attend at a specified time of day or during specified hours.

(3)

A constable or immigration officer may arrest without warrant a person who has failed to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section (unless the requirement has ceased to have effect).

(4)

Before a person arrested under subsection (3) is released—

(a)

he may be removed to a place where his fingerprints may conveniently be taken; and

(b)

his fingerprints may be taken (whether or not he is so removed).

(5)

A requirement imposed under subsection (1) ceases to have effect at the end of the relevant period (as defined by section 141).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 142(2)(2A) substituted for s. 142(2) (31.8.2006) by Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), ss. 29, 62(1)(2); S.I. 2006/2226, art. 3, Sch. 1
F2: Words in s. 142(2) substituted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), ss. 57(8), 94(1); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(j)
F3: Words in s. 142(2A) substituted (12.7.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), ss. 57(9), 94(1); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(j)