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The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2010-12-13

State In force

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Made: 13th December 2010

Coming into force: 14th December 2010

In accordance with section 6(6)(e) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations was laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Amendments to the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008

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(1) The Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008[^f00002] are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4 (specified categories)—

(a) after paragraph (m) omit “or”;

(b) after paragraph (n) insert—

(o) as a Tier 1 (General) Migrant; (p) as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant; (q) as a Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant; (r) as a Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrant; or (s) as a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant.

Signed

Damian Green — Minister of State — 13th December 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008 (“the 2008 Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) extends the categories of persons who are required to apply for a biometric immigration document in accordance with the 2008 Regulations. The categories are Tier 1 (General) Migrant; Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrant; Tier 1 (Investor) Migrant; Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrant; and a Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant. These are specified categories under the immigration rules.

A full impact assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the UK Border Agency website at www.UKBA.homeoffice.gov.uk and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the Regulations on the OPSI website.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2007 c.30.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2008/3048 as amended by S.I. 2009/819 and S.I. 2009/3321.

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