{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-144.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/33",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999",
  "path": "section/144",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Other methods of collecting data about physical characteristics.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations containing provisions equivalent to sections 141 and 142 , or to provision made under section 141, in relation to such other methods of collecting biometric information as may be prescribed.\n(2) “Biometric information” has the meaning given by section 15 of the UK Borders Act 2007.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 144 renumbered as s. 144(1) (10.2.2003) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 128(1), 162(1) (with s. 159); S.I. 2003/1, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 144(1) substituted (1.7.2021) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 9 para. 17(3); S.I. 2021/771, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 144(1) inserted (2.12.2025 for specified purposes, 2.2.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 47(6), 65(3)(f)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 144(1) substituted (28.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 2 para. 2(2); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(z)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 144(2) substituted (28.7.2014) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 2 para. 2(3); S.I. 2014/1820, art. 3(z)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 144 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), 2, Schs. 1, 1A"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:34.566084+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."
}