Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 and comes into force on 1st September 2014.

Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2011

2. —(1)The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2011( 2 ) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2 (definitions)—

(a) after the definition of “the 2006 Act”, insert—

“ “the 2007 Act ” means the UK Borders Act 2007 ( 3 ) ; ” ;

(b) after the definition of “basic service”, insert—

“ “biometric information” has the same meaning as provided in section 15 of the 2007 Act ( 4 ) ” .

(3) In article 3(2) (Requirement to pay a fee for applications connected with immigration or nationality), for sub-paragraph (s) substitute—

“ (s) a biometric immigration document within the meaning of section 5 of the 2007 Act; ” .

(4) In article 5 (Requirement to pay a fee in respect of a process connected with immigration or nationality)—

(a) for “The Secretary of State, or any person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State,”, substitute “The Secretary of State, or a contractor, or any person appointed by, or acting on behalf of, the Secretary of State,”;

(b) for paragraph (c), substitute—

“ (c) taking a record of a person’s biometric information where the person is required by regulations made under section 41 of the 1981 Act ( 5 ) , section 126 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ( 6 ) , or section 5 of the 2007 Act to provide such information for the purposes of an application or claim in connection with immigration or nationality; ” .