---
title: "The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
id: 2798e3da-5a8e-4e53-bbbe-f750cfbad565
authority: uk
place: "United Kingdom"
applies_also_from: []
kind: regulation
in_force: true
publisher_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/990
attribution: "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/2798e3da-5a8e-4e53-bbbe-f750cfbad565
language: en
in_force_from: 2026-10-06
date_basis: publisher
status: consolidated
source_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/990/data.xml
read_on: 2026-11-10
sha256: 98670ffa1e6cf0d4ab2e9b6b5f7474516afce6c07510a43c528b9dc336e9f4ad
provisions: 3
---

# The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 990
IMMIGRATION
The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Made
7th September 2026
Laid before Parliament
10th September 2026
Coming into force
6th October 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 62(1) of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 6th October 2026.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

## 2 Amendment of the Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 {#regulation-2}

In regulation 2 (photographs) of the Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021—
(a) in paragraph (5)—
(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (d), omit “or”;
(ii) at end of sub-paragraph (e), for “.” substitute “; or”; and
(iii) after sub-paragraph (e), insert—
(f) a person who is employed by a contractor in connection with the discharge of the contractor’s duties under a short-term holding facility contract.
;
(b) after paragraph (6), insert—
(6A) In paragraph (5)(f), “contractor” and “short-term holding facility contract” have the same meaning as in section 141(6A) of the 1999 Act.
;
(c) in paragraph (15)(b), for “or (e)” substitute “, (e) or (f)”.