{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3048",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Surrender of a biometric card",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may require the surrender of a biometric card as soon as reasonably practicable if he thinks that —\n(a) information provided in connection with the card was or has become false, misleading or incomplete;\n(b) the card (including any information recorded in it) has been altered, damaged or destroyed (whether deliberately or not);\n(c) an attempt has been made (whether successfully or not) to copy the card or to do anything to enable it to be copied;\n(d) the card should be re-issued (whether because the information recorded in it requires alteration or for any other reason);\n(e) the holder’s leave to enter or remain is to be varied, cancelled or invalidated, or is to lapse;\n(f) a person has acquired the biometric card without the consent of the holder or of the Secretary of State;\n(g) the card has ceased to have effect under regulation 13(3) or 13A(5) or has been cancelled under regulation 17; ...\n(h) the holder has died;\n(i) the holder has failed to produce a valid passport or travel document when required to do so by an immigration officer; or\n(j) the holder has proved that he is a British citizen or a Commonwealth citizen who has a right of abode in the United Kingdom as a result of section 2(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971 (statement of right of abode in the United Kingdom).\n(2) Where a person is required to surrender the biometric card under paragraph (1), the person must comply with the requirement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(1) substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(1)(a) substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(1)(b) substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(1)(c) substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(1)(d) substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(1)(e) inserted (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/433), regs. 1(1), 14(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(1)(f) substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(1)(g) substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(1)(g) substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(1)(g) omitted (31.3.2009) by virtue of The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/819), regs. 1(1), 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Reg. 16(1)(i)(j) inserted (31.3.2009) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/819), regs. 1(1), 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16(2) substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Word in reg. 16 heading substituted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 25.11.2008, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3048/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:21:30.508970+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."
}