52 Use of scientific methods in age assessments
Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (2022 c 36) | Legislation

52  Use of scientific methods in age assessments

(1)     The Secretary of State may make regulations specifying scientific methods that may be used for the purposes of age assessments under section 50 or 51.

(2)     The types of scientific method that may be specified include methods involving—

(a)     examining or measuring parts of a person's body, including by the use of imaging technology;

(b)     the analysis of saliva, cell or other samples taken from a person (including the analysis of DNA in the samples).

(3)     A method may not be specified in regulations under subsection (1) unless

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