The Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/474
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 27th February 2004.

Section 2 Amendment of the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2003

The Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2003 shall be amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment of the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2003

In regulation 2:

(a) for the definition of “application”, there shall be substituted:

“application” means:

an application for entry clearance made at a British Diplomatic mission or a British Consular post listed in the Schedule to these Regulations; or

an application for leave to enter the United Kingdom where the person seeking leave to enter presents a convention travel document endorsed with an entry clearance;

(b) after the definition of “applicant”, there shall be inserted:

“convention travel document” means a travel document issued pursuant to Article 28 of the Refugee Convention, except where that travel document was issued by the United Kingdom Government; and

“Refugee Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 and its Protocol

Section 4 Amendment of the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2003

For regulation 5, there shall be substituted:

(5)

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where an application is not accompanied by a record of the applicant’s fingerprints it may be treated as invalid.

(2) An application shall not be treated as invalid under paragraph (1) if it is for leave to enter the United Kingdom where the person seeking leave to enter presents a convention travel document endorsed with an entry clearance.

(3) Where an application is of a type described in paragraph (2) and is not accompanied by a record of the applicant’s fingerprints it may be refused.

Section 5 Amendment of the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2003

In the Schedule to the Regulations:

(a) before “Sri Lanka”, there shall be inserted “Djibouti”, “Eritrea” and “Ethiopia”; and

(b) after “Sri Lanka”, there shall be inserted “Tanzania” and “Uganda”.