Section 288 — Immigration Act 2009: Immigration officer may require biometric information to determine compliance with Act
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288 Immigration officer may require biometric information to determine compliance with Act (1) Subsection (2) applies where an immigration officer has good cause to suspect that a person— (a) is liable for deportation or turnaround; or (b) is not complying with, or is materially breaching, the conditions of the person’s visa; or (c) is undertaking work or a course of study where the person is not entitled to undertake that work or study under this Act; or (d) has obtained a visa under a fraudulent identity. (2) In order to determine whether any of the matters in subsection (1) apply to the person, an immigration officer may require the person to allow biometric information to be collected from him or her.
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