Regulation 6 Power for the Secretary of State to use and retain existing biometric informationI1
United Kingdom
(1)
This regulation applies where —
(a)
a person makes an application for the issue of a biometric immigration document in accordance with regulation 3 F1, or regulation 3A; and
(b)
the Secretary of State already has a record of the person’s fingerprints or a photograph of the person’s face in his possession (for whatever reason).
(2)
Where this regulation applies the Secretary of State may use or retain that information for the purposes of these Regulations.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 6(1)(a) inserted (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/433), regs. 1(1), 7
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 6 in force at 25.11.2008, see reg. 1