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May 23, 2004
5 Applications relating to entries in Register
(1) An application by an individual to be entered in the Register may be made
either.
(a) by being included in the prescribed manner in an application for a
designated document; or
(b) by being submitted in the prescribed manner directly to the Secretary
of State.
(2) Where an application to be issued with a designated document is made by an
individual, the application must do one of the following.
(a) include an application by that individual to be entered in the Register;
(b) state that the individual is already entered in the Register and confirm
the contents of his entry;
(c) state that the individual is entered in the Register and confirm the
contents of his entry subject to the changes notified in the application.
(3) Where an individual makes.
(a) an application to be entered in the Register, or
(b) an application which for the purposes of this Act confirms (with or
without changes) the contents of his entry in the Register,
the application must be accompanied by the prescribed information.
(4) Where an individual has made an application falling within subsection (3)(a)
or (b), the Secretary of State may require him to do such one or more of the
things specified in subsection (5) as the Secretary of State thinks fit for the
purpose of.
(a) verifying information that may be entered in the Register about that
individual in consequence of that application; or
(b) otherwise ensuring that there is a complete, up-to-date and accurate
entry about that individual in the Register.
(5) The things that an individual may be required to do under subsection (4) 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.
(6) 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.
(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 (5) of this section.
Posted by wtwu at May 23, 2004 09:47 PM
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5(7)
Parliament should decide, after a full debate, at the outset, what the Biometric Identifiers, if any are to be used in the scheme.
There is vast difference in cost and practicality between the various Biometric technologies. The exact choice of Biometrics Identifiers should be specified on the face of the Bill, from the outset.
Any change to these would be a major change to the project and will waste hundreds of millions of pounds. These should not be changed by Order, but should require full Parliamentary scrutiny and debate of primary legislation.
RECCOMENDATION:
Remove Section 5 (7) from the Bill
Posted by: wtwu at May 24, 2004 02:51 AM