Try
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/crown-copyright/copyright-guidance/reproduction-of-the-british-passport.htm
Seems pretty daft to me.
Yes, B & W only.
And Mr Martin and his staff appear to have no authority to make even a
B&W copy.
The things one learns.
Regards
Jim
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Quoting Nick Landau <[log in to unmask]>:
> I think that someone from this list recently sent me a link which
> indicated that it was illegal to make a colour (rather than a B and W
> copy) of a passport.
>
> I have mislaid the email containing the link - I have had a request to
> provide a colour copy of my passport to a recruitment agency.
>
> Doing a search I found an item in the Morning Advertiser website in
> which Tim Martin, Chairman of Wetherspoon, criticises the government as
> follows:
>
> "Citing a rule introduced three years ago to counter illegal
> immigration, he said: "We had to have a colour copy of every job
> applicant's passport, work permit and bills - so every one of our pubs
> had to buy a colour photocopier.""
>
> http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?articleid=22842&categoryid=25
>
> Can someone please clarify the situation for me?
>
> I suspect that the requirement to provide a colour copy mentioned by Mr
> Martin is over-the-top. Unless they have a scanner I wouldn't have
> thought most businesses have a colour copier.
>
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