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RestrictStartDate="2023-09-28"><Title>Credibility of claimant: concealment of information etc</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/37/section/62" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/62" id="section-62"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-60bd7e407bf103ad937bece31ef36467"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-476cb7d6f12a37c66760e4e8953d9e2c"/>62</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/1" id="section-62-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (claimant’s credibility) is amended as follows.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/2" id="section-62-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In subsection (3)—</Text><P3 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TargetSubClass="unknown"><P3><Pnumber>da</Pnumber><P3para><Text>failure to provide to an immigration officer or the Secretary of State, on request, any information or anything else required in order to access any information stored in electronic form on a thing in the possession of an immigration officer or the Secretary of State that—</Text><P4><Pnumber>i</Pnumber><P4para><Text>was found on the claimant, or</Text></P4para></P4><P4><Pnumber>ii</Pnumber><P4para><Text>appears to an immigration officer or the Secretary of State to have been in the possession of the claimant,</Text></P4para></P4></P3para></P3></BlockAmendment><AppendText>.</AppendText></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/3" id="section-62-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In subsection (7)—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/3/a" id="section-62-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>insert at the appropriate place—</Text><BlockAmendment Context="main" Format="double" TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown"><UnorderedList Class="Definition" Decoration="none"><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term>document</Term>” includes information recorded in any form;</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></BlockAmendment><AppendText>;</AppendText><BlockAmendment Context="main" Format="double" TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown"><UnorderedList Class="Definition" Decoration="none"><ListItem><Para><Text>“<Term>identity document</Term>” means any document that may be used (whether by itself or otherwise and with or without modifications) to establish, or provide evidence of, a person’s identity or address;</Text></Para></ListItem></UnorderedList></BlockAmendment><AppendText>;</AppendText></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/3/b" id="section-62-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>omit the definition of “passport”.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/62/4" id="section-62-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In subsection (8) for “A passport” substitute <InlineAmendment>“An identity document”</InlineAmendment>.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-476cb7d6f12a37c66760e4e8953d9e2c" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c9my80lp5-00025" SectionRef="section-62" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/62">S. 62</CitationSubRef> in force at 28.9.2023 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/989" id="c9my80lp5-00026" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2023" Number="989" Title="The Illegal Migration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023">S.I. 2023/989</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c9my80lp5-00026" id="c9my80lp5-00027" SectionRef="regulation-2-f" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/989/regulation/2/f" Operative="true">reg. 2(f)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary Type="I" id="key-60bd7e407bf103ad937bece31ef36467"><Para><Text>S. 62  not in force at Royal Assent, see <CitationSubRef id="n7f3d50fd8f607fc" SectionRef="section-68-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/37/section/68/1" Operative="true">s. 68(1)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>