Regulation 23 Consequences of a failure to comply with a requirement of these RegulationsF1

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), where a person who is required to make an application for the issue of a biometric immigration document fails to comply with a requirement of these Regulations, the Secretary of State—

The actions specified are to—

Where a person is required to apply for a biometric immigration document under F5regulation 3(2)(a) or (f) F6or regulation F73A(2) or as a dependant of F8such a person F9... and fails to comply with a requirement of these Regulations, the Secretary of State—

Where a person is required to apply for a biometric immigration document under regulation 3(2)(e) F11... or (g) or as the dependant of a person who has made an application in accordance with regulation 3(2)(e) F12... and fails to comply with a requirement of these Regulations the Secretary of State—

Where any person apart from a person referred to in paragraph (1), (3) or (4) fails to comply with a requirement of these Regulations, the Secretary of State must consider giving a notice under section 9 of the UK Borders Act 2007.

The Secretary of State may designate an adult as the person responsible for ensuring that a child complies with the requirements of these Regulations.

In this regulation “share code” means an electronically generated code to allow a third party to access information about an individual’s immigration status.