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May 23, 2004
12 Notification of changes affecting accuracy of Register
(1) An individual to whom an ID card has been issued must notify the Secretary
of State about.
(a) every prescribed change of circumstances affecting the information
recorded about him in the Register; and
(b) every error in that information of which he is aware.
(2) A notification for the purposes of this section must be given.
(a) in the prescribed manner; and
(b) within the prescribed period after the change of circumstances occurs
or he becomes aware of the error.
(3) Where an individual has given a notification for the purposes of this section,
the Secretary of State may require him to do such one or more of the things
falling within subsection (4) as the Secretary of State thinks fit for the purpose
of.
(a) verifying the information that may be entered in the Register about that
individual in consequence of the notified change or for the purpose of
correcting the error; or
(b) otherwise ensuring that there is a complete, up-to-date and accurate
entry about that individual in the Register.
(4) The things that an individual may be required to do under subsection (3) are.
(a) to attend at a specified place and time;
(b) to allow his fingerprints, and other biometric information about
himself, to be taken and recorded;
(c) to allow himself to be photographed;
(d) otherwise to provide such information as may be required by the
Secretary of State.
(5) Regulations under this section must not require an individual to provide
information to another person unless it is information required by the
Secretary of State for the statutory purposes.
(6) An individual who contravenes a requirement imposed on him by or under
this section shall be liable to a civil penalty not exceeding ?1,000.
(7) In this section .biometric information. and .fingerprint. have the same
meanings as in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1; and the power to make
consequential provision in connection with a modification of that Schedule by
an order under section 3(4) includes power to make consequential
modifications of subsection (4) of this section.
Posted by wtwu at May 23, 2004 10:51 PM
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Comments
Parliament should state, on the Face of the Bill, exactly what the administrative burden that the Bill will impose on people to keep the Register accurate and up to date.
There must be no arbitrary power to muck around with "prescribed periods" etc.
Any such changes will have a massive knock on effect on the whole project and will cost millions to implement. Decisions of this magnitude should only be taken with proper Parliamentary scrutiny and debate of Primary Legislation.
c.f. comments above on Section 9 (4) regarding forced attendance at a specified time and place.
RECCOMENDATION:
Define the "prescribed period" etc. on the face of the Bill.
Remove Section 12 (4) the power to compell arbitrary time and location attendance by petty officials or private sector sub-contactors
Make it a positive legal duty on Government to provide sufficient local or mobile enrollment offices.
Posted by: wtwu at May 24, 2004 05:04 AM