Summary Biometric registration
4.Sections 5 and 6 confer a power to make regulations to require those subject to immigration control to apply for a document recording external physical characteristics - a "biometric immigration document" - and to require a biometric immigration document to be used for specified immigration purposes, in connection with specified immigration procedures, and in specified circumstances where a question arises about a person's status in relation to nationality or immigration.
5.Sections 7 to 15 deal with the effects and consequences of non-compliance with compulsory registration, including associated penalties, appeal rights and also provide for the use and destruction of an individual's biometric records.