SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Meaning of biometric information

2Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

1

Section 144 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (provision for collecting physical data other than fingerprints) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for “data about external physical characteristics” substitute “biometric information”.

3

For subsection (2) substitute—

2

Biometric information” has the meaning given by section 15 of the UK Borders Act 2007.