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(1) In Schedule 1A to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (arrestable

offences), at the end insert.

Identity Cards Act 2004

28 An offence under.

(a) section 27(3) of the Identity Cards Act 2004 (possession of

false document etc.);

(b) section 29 of that Act (disclosure of information on National

Identity Register); or

(c) section 30 of that Act (providing false information)..

(2) In section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36) (Group A offences in

respect of which jurisdiction is extended for some purposes in relation to

conduct outside England and Wales), after paragraph (c) insert.

.(ca) section 27 of the Identity Cards Act 2004;..

(3) At the end of Article 26(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern

Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (offences for which an arrest may

be made without a warrant), insert.

.(l) An offence under.

(i) section 27(3) of the Identity Cards Act 2004 (possession

of false document etc.);

(ii) section 29 of that Act (disclosure of information on

National Identity Register); or

(iii) section 30 of that Act (providing false information)..

(4) In Article 38(2) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

(S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)) (which makes provision in relation to conduct outside

Northern Ireland corresponding to that made by section 1(2) of the Criminal

Justice Act 1993), after sub-paragraph (c) insert.

"(ca) section 27 of the Identity Cards Act 2004;".