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Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

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As published

144A Use and retention of fingerprints etc.

(1) Section 8 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (power to make regulations about use and retention of biometric information) applies to— (a) fingerprints taken by virtue of section 141, and (b) biometric information taken by virtue of regulations under section 144, as it applies to biometric information provided in accordance with regulations under section 5(1) of that Act. (2) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (1)(a) must require fingerprints taken from a person (“F”) by virtue of section 141(7)(f) to be destroyed when fingerprints taken from the person of whose family F is a member or whose dependant F is are destroyed. (3) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (1)(b) must make equivalent provision in relation to biometric information taken by virtue of any provision of regulations under section 144 which is equivalent to section 141(7)(f).

Your change, as a redline

144A Use and retention of fingerprints etc.

(1) Section 8 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (power to make regulations about use and retention of biometric information) applies to— (a) fingerprints taken by virtue of section 141, and (b) biometric information taken by virtue of regulations under section 144, as it applies to biometric information provided in accordance with regulations under section 5(1) of that Act. (2) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (1)(a) must require fingerprints taken from a person (“F”) by virtue of section 141(7)(f) to be destroyed when fingerprints taken from the person of whose family F is a member or whose dependant F is are destroyed. (3) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (1)(b) must make equivalent provision in relation to biometric information taken by virtue of any provision of regulations under section 144 which is equivalent to section 141(7)(f).

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