Part 6Immigration Procedure

Disclosure of information by public authority

132 Supply of document, &c. to Secretary of State

(1)

Section 20 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (supply of information to Secretary of State) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)

This section also applies to a document or article which—

(a)

comes into the possession of a person listed in subsection (1) or someone acting on his behalf, or

(b)

is discovered by a person listed in subsection (1) or someone acting on his behalf.”

(3)

In subsection (2) after “information” insert “ , document or article ”.

(4)

After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)

The Secretary of State may—

(a)

retain for immigration purposes a document or article supplied to him under subsection (2), and

(b)

dispose of a document or article supplied to him under subsection (2) in such manner as he thinks appropriate (and the reference to use in subsection (2) includes a reference to disposal).”

(5)

In subsection (6) after “information” insert “ , documents or articles ”.