{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-provision-of-physical-data-regulations-2006/regulation-8A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-provision-of-physical-data-regulations-2006/regulation-8A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1743",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-provision-of-physical-data-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/8A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": "Power to use and retain existing biometric information",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where—\n(a) a person makes an application or seeks to enter the United Kingdom; and\n(b) the Secretary of State already has a record of the person’s fingerprints or a photograph of the person’s face in their possession (for whatever reason).\n(2) Where this regulation applies, the Secretary of State may use or retain that information for the purposes of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 8-10B substituted for regs. 8-10 (6.4.2015) by The Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/737), regs. 1(1), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 8A inserted (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. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8A(1)(a) inserted (27.3.2025) by The Immigration (Biometric Information etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/382), regs. 1(2), 10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1743/regulation/8A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:26:33.825365+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."
}