Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015.

(2) This regulation and regulations 2 and 3 come into force at the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which these Regulations are made, regulation 4 comes into force on 29th May 2015, and regulations 5 and 6 come into force on 31st July 2015.

(3) In these Regulations, “the 2008 Regulations” means the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008 ( 2 ).

Amendment of the 2008 Regulations

2. The 2008 Regulations are amended as follows.

3. In the Schedule to the Regulations, at the appropriate places insert—

“Armenia”;

“Bangladesh”;

“Bhutan”;

“Burma”;

“Cambodia”;

“China”;

“Cyprus”;

“Denmark”;

“Estonia”;

“Finland”;

“Germany”;

“Gibraltar”;

“Iceland”;

“India”;

“Indonesia”;

“Italy”;

“Laos”;

“Libya”;

“Maldives”;

“Malta”;

“Nepal”;

“Netherlands”;

“North Korea”;

“Norway”;

“Portugal”;

“Republic of Ireland”;

“Spain”;

“Sri Lanka”;

“Sweden”;

“Thailand”; and

“Vietnam”.

4. In the Schedule to the Regulations, at the appropriate places insert—

“Afghanistan”;

“Ascension Island”;

“Australia”;

“Bahamas”;

“Bahrain”;

“Barbados”;

“Bermuda”;

“Brunei”;

“Canada”;

“Cayman Islands”;

“Dominican Republic”;

“Egypt”;

“Falkland Islands”;

“Fiji”;

“Guyana”

“Iran”;

“Jamaica”;

“Japan”;

“Malaysia”;

“Mongolia”;

“New Zealand”;

“Nigeria”;

“Oman”;

“Papua New Guinea”;

“Philippines”;

“Qatar”;

“St Helena”;

“St Lucia”;

“Singapore”;

“South Korea”;

“Taiwan”;

“Trinidad and Tobago”;

“United Arab Emirates”;

“United States of America”; and

“Yemen”.

5. In regulation 3A(2)(b) for “in a country or territory listed in the Schedule to these Regulations” substitute “outside the United Kingdom”.

6. Omit regulation 20 of and the Schedule to the 2008 Regulations.