Part 3Amendments to the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008

Amendment to regulation 18

20.  In regulation 18 (requirement to notify Secretary of State)—

(a)the existing text is numbered as paragraph (1);

(b)in sub-paragraph (e) of the renumbered paragraph (1), for “consent or” substitute “consent and”;

(c)after the renumbered paragraph (1), insert—

“(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a facial image included in an eVisa is to be treated as becoming misleading information to which the duty to notify under paragraph (1) applies—

(a)in the case of a holder aged between 16 and 70, after a period of 10 years;

(b)in the case of a holder aged under 16, after a period of 5 years.”.