The Secretary of State may by regulations—
In subsection (1) "immigration application" means an application for—
Regulations under subsection (1) may not—
Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—
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In so far as regulations under subsection (1) require an individual under the age of 16 to submit to a process, the regulations must make provision similar to section 141(3) to (5) and (13) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (fingerprints: children).
In so far as regulations under subsection (1) enable an authorised person to require an individual under the age of 16 to submit to a process, the regulations must make provision similar to section 141(3) to (5), (12) and (13) of that Act (fingerprints: children).
Regulations under subsection (1)—
Section 8 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (power to make regulations about use and retention of biometric information) applies to biometric information provided in accordance with regulations under subsection (1) as it applies to biometric information provided in accordance with regulations under section 5(1) of that Act.
In this section—
"authorised person" has the meaning given by section 141(5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (authority to take fingerprints),
"biometric information" has the meaning given by section 15 of the UK Borders Act 2007,
"code" has the meaning given by section 145(6) of that Act (code of practice),
"document" includes a card or sticker and any other method of recording information (whether in writing or by the use of electronic or other technology or by a combination of methods),
"entrant" has the meaning given by section 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) (interpretation),
"entry clearance" has the meaning given by section 33(1) of that Act,
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