Immigration Act 2016

[^key-b4c871fda7a857696554f225878c6e12]: Sch. 10 para. 2(1)(ea)-(ec) inserted (5.1.2026) by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 46(4), 65(1); S.I. 2025/1318, reg. 2(f)

[^key-e1293de277962c1f9afc3f33b30b2510]: S. 51(4A)(4B) inserted (5.3.2026) by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 44(16), 65(1); S.I. 2026/163, reg. 2

[^key-96a2af782936f4d2a532406fc7a36c75]: S. 51(2)(b) substituted (5.3.2026) by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 44(15)(a), 65(1); S.I. 2026/163, reg. 2

[^key-a07784faee4ff5846ab6555b3988b24c]: S. 51(2)(c) and word omitted (5.3.2026) by virtue of Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 44(15)(b), 65(1); S.I. 2026/163, reg. 2

[^key-2a4246b8355d4b7632b597f27cea62d6]: S. 51(2)(d) substituted (5.3.2026) by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), ss. 44(15)(c), 65(1); S.I. 2026/163, reg. 2

Guidance on detention of vulnerable persons

Immigration bail

Appeals within the United Kingdom: certification of human rights claims

Deemed refusal of leave to enter: repeals

Unaccompanied refugee children: relocation and support

Maritime enforcement

Meaning of “public authority”

Power to make passport fees regulations

Financial provisions

Prescribed checks and documents

5A

• (1) Regulations under paragraph 5(6)(b) or (c) may, in particular—

• (a) prescribe checks carried out using services provided by a DVS-registered person or a DVS-registered person of a prescribed description;

• (b) prescribe documents generated by such a person;

• (c) prescribe documents which were provided to such a person in order to generate such documents.

• (2) In sub-paragraph (1), “DVS-registered person” means a person who is registered in the DVS register maintained under Part 2 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“the DVS register”).

• (3) Regulations under paragraph 5(6)(b) or (c) which prescribe a description of DVS-registered person may do so by, for example, describing a DVS-registered person whose entry in the DVS register includes a note relating to prescribed services (see section 36 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025).