Section 144: Other methods of collecting data about physical characteristics.

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 · 1999 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VII: Power To Arrest, Search and Fingerprint

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.

"Biometric information" has the meaning given by section 15 of the UK Borders Act 2007.

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