(a) providing a record of registrable facts about individuals in the United

Kingdom;

(b) providing a record of registrable facts about other individuals (living

and dead) who have been in the United Kingdom, or who have applied

to be entered in the Register;

(c) facilitating the issue of cards containing information that may be used

by an individual issued with one for establishing his identity, place of

residence or residential status;

(d) facilitating the provision of a service by means of which registrable

facts about a registered individual may, with his consent, be

ascertained or verified by other persons; and

(e) enabling information recorded in the Register for any of the preceding

purposes to be disclosed to persons in cases authorised by or under this

Act.

(a) the use in or as regards Scotland of the Register or of a card issued in

accordance with this Act, or

(b) the disclosure in or as regards Scotland of information recorded in the

Register,

except in relation to a matter or for purposes outside the legislative competence

of the Scottish Parliament or in accordance with an Act of that Parliament.

(a) his identity;

(b) where he resides in the United Kingdom;

(c) where he has previously resided in the United Kingdom;

(d) the times at which he was resident at the different places in the United

Kingdom where he has resided;

(e) his current residential status;

(f) residential statuses previously held by him;

(g) information about numbers allocated to him for identification purposes

and about the documents to which they relate;

(h) information about occasions on which information recorded about him

in the Register has been accessed or disclosed; and

(i) information recorded in the Register at his request.

(a) his full name;

(b) other names by which he is or has previously been known;

(c) his date and place of birth and, if he has died, the date of his death; and

(d) physical characteristics of his that are capable of being used for

identifying him.

(a) his nationality;

(b) his entitlement to remain in the United Kingdom; and

(c) the terms and conditions of that entitlement.

(a) is entitled to be entered in it; and

(b) applies to be entered in it.

(a) every individual who has attained the age of 16 and, without being

excluded under subsection (3) from an entitlement to be registered, is

residing at a place in the United Kingdom; and

(b) every individual of a prescribed description who has resided in the

United Kingdom or who is proposing to enter the United Kingdom.

(a) residing in the United Kingdom in exercise of an entitlement to remain

there that will end less than the prescribed period after it was acquired;

or

(b) an individual of a prescribed description who has not yet been resident

in the United Kingdom for the prescribed period.

(a) may at any time modify the Register for the purpose of correcting

information entered in it that he is satisfied is inaccurate; but

(b) is not, by virtue of any provision of this Act, to be under a duty to

correct such information unless he is so satisfied.

(a) information the inclusion of which in an individual's entry is

authorised by Schedule 1;

(b) information of a technical nature for use in connection with the

administration of the Register;

(c) information of a technical nature for use in connection with the

administration of arrangements made for purposes connected with the

issue or cancellation of ID cards; and

(d) information recorded in the Register in accordance with subsection (2).

(a) he has made an application to the Secretary of State requesting the

recording of the information as part of his entry;

(b) regulations made by the Secretary of State do not exclude it from the

information that may be the subject of such a request; and

(c) the Secretary of State considers that it is both practicable and

appropriate for it to be recorded in accordance with the applicant's

request.

(a) documents that a person has a power or duty to issue by virtue of

provision made by or under an enactment; or

(b) documents which a Minister of the Crown is authorised or required to

issue otherwise than by virtue of provision so made.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(a) the time when the requirement to make the application arises; and

(b) the period after that time within which the application must be made.

(a) contravenes an obligation imposed on him by provision made under

subsections (2) and (3), or

(b) contravenes a requirement imposed on him under section 5(4) in

connection with an application made in pursuance of such an

obligation,

(a) a notice is given to him by the Secretary of State requiring him to make

an application to be entered in the Register; and

(b) he fails to do so within the period specified in the notice.

(a) a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a

resolution of each House; and

(b) each of the resolutions for approving the draft was agreed more than 60

days after the day on which the draft was laid before the House in

question.

(a) the Secretary of State has prepared and published a report containing a

proposal for the making of such provision;

(b) the report sets out the Secretary of State's reasons for making the

proposal;

(c) the report has been laid before Parliament and each House has

approved the proposal contained in the report, either with or without

modifications; and

(d) the draft order gives effect to the proposal so far as approved by both

Houses.

(a) the laying of the report; or

(b) if more than one report containing that proposal has been laid before

that House, the laying of the one laid most recently.

(a) contains (with or without other provision) any provision that he is

authorised to make by section 6, but

(b) is not an order containing provision for compulsory registration,

unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a

resolution of each House.

(a) Parliament is dissolved or prorogued; or

(b) the House in question is adjourned as part of an adjournment of more

than four days.

(a) records registrable facts about him that are recorded as part of his entry

in the Register;

(b) contains data enabling it to be used for facilitating the making of

applications for information recorded in a prescribed part of that

individual's entry in the Register, or for otherwise facilitating the

disclosure of that information.

(a) must record only the prescribed information;

(b) must record prescribed parts of it in an encrypted form; and

(c) is valid only for the prescribed period.

(a) is entitled to be entered in the Register or, by virtue of section 6, is

required to be so entered; and

(b) is an individual about whom the prescribed registrable facts have been

entered in the Register.

(a) is not required to be issued with one; but

(b) is an individual about whom the prescribed registrable facts have been

entered in the Register.

(a) accompanies an application made by him to be entered in the Register;

or

(b) in the prescribed manner confirms (with or without changes) the

contents of an entry already made in the Register for that individual.

(a) in every application made by him to be issued with a designated

document; and

(b) in every application made by him in accordance with provision made

under section 6.

(a) may be made only in the prescribed manner;

(b) may be made to the Secretary of State or, in prescribed cases, to a

designated documents authority; and

(c) must be accompanied by the prescribed information;

and regulations for the purposes of paragraph (b) may authorise an application

to be made to a designated documents authority irrespective of whether an

application is made to that authority for the issue of a designated document.

(a) the information to be recorded in or on an ID card, or

(b) the form in which information is to be recorded in or on such a card,

unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved

by a resolution of each House.

(a) holds a valid ID card that is due to expire within the prescribed period,

or

(b) does not hold a valid ID card,

(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.

(a) a requirement imposed by subsection (2), or

(b) a requirement imposed under subsection (3),

(a) that the requirements imposed by or under this Act in relation to the

application for the issue of that document to that individual have been

complied with; and

(b) that the Secretary of State has considered and disposed of so much of

that application as relates to the making or confirmation of an entry in

the Register.

(a) applications to be entered in the Register that are made to them;

(b) applications to be issued with ID cards that are made to them (whether

or not as part of an application for a designated document); and

(c) applications made to them that confirm (with or without changes) an

individual's entry in the Register.

(a) is modified, suspended or revoked; or

(b) is required to be surrendered.

(a) something recorded in that individual's entry in the Register,

(b) something provided to the Secretary of State or a designated

documents authority for the purpose of being recorded in an entry

about that individual in the Register, or

(c) something otherwise available to the Secretary of State for being so

recorded,

the Secretary of State may require that person to provide him with the

information.

(a) that a person on whom a requirement may be imposed under this

section has in his possession information about an individual who has

applied to the authority for the issue or modification of a designated

document or of an ID card, and

(b) that the information could be used for verifying something that is

recorded in that individual's entry in the Register or has been provided

to that authority for the purpose of being recorded in an entry about

that individual in the Register,

the authority may require that person to provide it with the information.

(a) for an injunction;

(b) for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the

Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36); or

(c) for any other appropriate remedy or relief.

(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.

(a) in the prescribed manner; and

(b) within the prescribed period after the change of circumstances occurs

or he becomes aware of the error.

(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.

(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.

(a) the card has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed; or

(b) there is reason to suspect that the card has been tampered with.

(a) that it was issued in reliance on inaccurate or incomplete information;

(b) that a change of circumstances requires a modification of the

information recorded in or on it; or

(c) that it has been lost, stolen, damaged, destroyed or tampered with.

(a) the lawful authority of the individual to whom it was issued, or

(b) the permission of the Secretary of State,

must surrender the card as soon as it is practicable to do so.

(a) an ID card issued to another, or

(b) an ID card that has expired or been cancelled or is otherwise invalid,

the Secretary of State may require that person to surrender the card within such

period as he may specify.

(a) to the Secretary of State; or

(b) in the case of a card issued by designated documents authority, either

to the Secretary of State or to that authority.

(a) any regulations under subsection (1), or

(b) subsection (3) or (4),

(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a

term not exceeding 51 weeks or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the

standard scale, or to both;

(b) on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to

imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not

exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both;

but, in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section

281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), the reference in paragraph (a) to

51 weeks is to be read as a reference to six months.

(a) a designated document has been issued with an ID card; and

(b) an obligation to surrender the designated document, or otherwise to

deliver it, to any person is imposed on the person with possession of it,

the obligation to surrender or otherwise to deliver the designated document

includes an obligation to surrender or to deliver the ID card.

(a) references to a card having been damaged include references to

anything in or on it having become unreadable or otherwise unusable;

and

(b) references to a card having been tampered with include references to

information in or on it having been modified for an unlawful purpose,

or copied or otherwise extracted for such a purpose.

(a) an application for the disclosure is made to him by a person who has

the authority of that individual to make the application; or

(b) that individual otherwise consents to the making of the disclosure.

(a) how an authority for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) is to be given;

(b) the persons by whom, and the circumstances in which, an application

for those purposes may be made; and

(c) how such an application is to be made.

(a) any right to the disclosure of information recorded in so much of his

entry in the Register as falls within paragraph 9 of Schedule 1; or

(b) any other right in relation to that information;

and the Secretary of State is not, in response to an application under this

section, to make a disclosure of any information recorded in the Register unless

he thinks fit.

(a) an ID card;

(b) other evidence of registrable facts about himself; or

(c) both.

(a) the entitlement of an individual to receive a payment under or in

accordance with any enactment, or

(b) the provision of any public service that has to be provided free of

charge,

except in cases where the individual is of a description of individuals who, by

virtue of section 6, are required to be entered in the Register.

(a) to carry an ID card with him at all times; or

(b) to produce such a card otherwise than for purposes connected with an

application by him for the provision of a public service, or with the

provision of a public service for which he has applied.

(a) the provision of any service to an individual by a public authority;

(b) the exercise or performance in relation to an individual of any power or

duty of a Minister of the Crown, the Treasury or a Northern Ireland

department;

(c) the doing by any other person of anything in relation to an individual

which that person is authorised or required to do for purposes

connected with the carrying out of any function conferred on him by or

under an enactment; or

(d) treating an individual as having complied with a requirement imposed

on him by or under any enactment.

(a) a condition is imposed under section 15, or

(b) a condition for the production of an ID card, or of evidence of

registrable facts, or both, is imposed by or under any other enactment,

of information recorded in the Register that he requires for the purpose of

ascertaining or verifying registrable facts about an individual who has applied

for the provision of the service.

(a) in relation to the provision of public services for which the National

Assembly for Wales is responsible, by that Assembly;

(b) in relation to the provision of public services in Northern Ireland so far

as the provision of those services is a transferred matter (within the

meaning of section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)), by the

Office of the First Minister and the deputy First Minister; and

(c) so far as not exercisable by any other person under paragraph (a) or (b),

by the Secretary of State.

(a) in the case of regulations made by the Secretary of State, has been laid

before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House; and

(b) in the case of regulations made by the Office of the First Minister and

deputy First Minister, has been laid before and approved by the

Northern Ireland Assembly.

(a) draft regulations under section 15 or 16 are laid before either House of

Parliament or the Northern Ireland Assembly, or

(b) regulations under that section are made by the National Assembly for

Wales,

the person proposing to make the regulations must take such steps as that

person thinks fit for securing that members of the public likely to be affected

by the regulations are informed about the matters mentioned in subsection (4),

and for consulting them about it.

(a) the reasons for the making of the regulations; and

(b) why reliance is not being placed on powers conferred otherwise than

by this Act.

(a) a power to impose the conditions for the provision of a public service is

exercisable under any enactment not contained in this Act, and

(b) that power is exercisable only after consultation with such persons as

may be specified or described in that enactment,

the power under section 15 or 16 to impose a condition for the provision of that

service or to make provision in relation to such a condition is to be exercisable

only after consultation with the persons so specified or described.

(a) the manner in which applications for disclosures authorised under

section 16 must be made; and

(b) the information that may be disclosed in response to such an

application and the manner in which it may be disclosed.

(a) members of the public in the United Kingdom are informed about the

reasons for the proposal to make the regulations; and

(b) for consulting them about it.

(a) to make it a condition of doing anything in relation to an individual that

the individual establishes his identity by the production of an ID card;

or

(b) otherwise to impose a requirement on an individual to produce such a

card.

(a) where the condition or requirement is imposed in accordance with

regulations under section 15, or in accordance with provision made by

or under any other enactment;

(b) where provision is made allowing the individual to satisfy the

condition or other requirement using reasonable alternative methods of

establishing his identity;

(c) where the individual is of a description of persons who, by virtue of

section 6, are required to be entered in the Register.

(a) for an injunction or interdict; or

(b) for any other appropriate remedy or relief.

(a) the disclosure is authorised by this section; and

(b) any requirements imposed in relation to the disclosure by or under

section 24 are complied with.

(a) a disclosure made to the Director-General of the Security Service for

purposes connected with the carrying out of any of that Service's

functions;

(b) a disclosure made to the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service for

purposes connected with the carrying out of any of that Service's

functions;

(c) a disclosure made to the Director of the Government Communications

Headquarters for purposes connected with the carrying out of any of

the functions of GCHQ;

(d) a disclosure made to the Director General of the National Criminal

Intelligence Service for purposes connected with the carrying out of

any of that Service's functions; or

(e) a disclosure made to the Director General of the National Crime Squad

for purposes connected with the carrying out of any of that Squad's

functions.

(a) in the interests of national security;

(b) for purposes connected with the prevention or detection of crime; or

(c) for purposes specified by order made by the Secretary of State.

(a) in the interests of national security;

(b) for purposes connected with the prevention or detection of crime;

(c) for purposes connected with the prevention, detection or investigation

of conduct in respect of which the Commissioners have power to

impose penalties, or with the imposition of such penalties;

(d) for the purpose of facilitating the checking of information provided to

the Commissioners in connection with anything under their care and

management, or with any other matter in relation to which the

Commissioners have duties under any enactment;

(e) for purposes connected with any of the functions of the Commissioners

of Inland Revenue in relation to national insurance contributions or

national insurance numbers; or

(f) for other purposes specified by order made by the Secretary of State.

(a) for any of the purposes specified in section 17(2)(a) to (d) of the Anti-

terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24) (criminal proceedings

and investigations); and

(b) otherwise than in connection with crime in or as regards Scotland in

relation to a matter within the legislative competence of the Scottish

Parliament.

(a) it is made to a person to whom disclosures may be made by virtue of

any of subsections (3) to (6) or is made as mentioned in subsection (7);

and

(b) it is made for purposes connected with the prevention or detection of

serious crime.

(a) any of its powers or duties by virtue of this Act; or

(b) any of its other powers or duties in relation to the issue or modification

of designated documents.

(a) the chief officer of police of a police force maintained for a police

area in England and Wales;

(b) the chief constable of a police force maintained under the Police

(Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77);

(c) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

(d) the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police;

(e) the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;

(f) the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police;

"crime" means any crime within the meaning of the Regulation of

Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) (see section 81(2) of that Act)

other than crime in or as regards Scotland in relation to a matter within

the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament;

"detection", in relation to crime or serious crime, is to be construed in

accordance with subsection (2);

"GCHQ" has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 1994

(c. 13);

"serious crime" means crime that is serious crime within the meaning of

the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (see section 81(2) and

(3) of that Act);

"social security benefits in Northern Ireland" means benefits payable

under enactments relating to social security in Northern Ireland or

under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705

(N.I. 15)).

(a) the respects in which it is false; and

(b) what is in fact recorded in that individual's entry in respect of the

matters to which the false information related.

(a) something recorded in that individual's entry in the Register,

(b) something provided to the Secretary of State or a designated

documents authority for the purpose of being recorded in an entry

about that individual in the Register, or

(c) something otherwise available to the Secretary of State for being so

recorded.

(a) the information is of a description specified or described in an order

made by the Secretary of State;

(b) the disclosure is made to a person so specified or described;

(c) the disclosure is made for the purposes so specified or described; and

(d) any requirements imposed in relation to the disclosure by or under

section 24 are complied with.

(a) imposing requirements that must be satisfied before a disclosure is

made under any of sections 20 to 23; and

(b) restricting the persons who may be authorised to act on his behalf for

or in connection with the making of such a disclosure.

(a) provision requiring a disclosure to be made to a person only where an

application for it has been made by or on behalf of that person;

(b) provision specifying or describing the persons who may make

applications on that person's behalf; and

(c) provision imposing other requirements as to the manner in which such

applications must be made.

(a) is authorised by the specified person to be a recipient of such

disclosures;

(b) holds such office, rank or position as may be specified in the

regulations; and

(c) is under the direction or control of the specified person, or is otherwise

answerable or subordinate to him, in respect of any of his duties as a

person holding that office, rank or position.

(a) after consultation with the Commissioner, and

(b) subject to the approval of the Treasury as to numbers,

must provide the Commissioner with such staff as the Secretary of State

considers necessary for the carrying out of the Commissioner's functions.

(a) national security,

(b) the prevention or detection of crime,

(c) the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, or

(d) the continued discharge of the functions of any public authority,

the Prime Minister may exclude that matter from the copy of the report that he

lays before Parliament.

(a) an identity document that is false and that he knows or believes to be

false,

(b) an identity document that was improperly obtained and that he knows

or believes to have been improperly obtained, or

(c) an identity document that relates to someone else,

with the intention of using it for establishing registrable facts about himself, or

of allowing or inducing another to use it for establishing, ascertaining or

verifying registrable facts about himself or about any other person (with the

exception, in the case of a document within paragraph (c), of the individual to

whom it relates).

(a) any machine or other apparatus which, to his knowledge, is or has been

specially designed or adapted for the making of false identity

documents, or

(b) any article or material which, to his knowledge, is or has been specially

designed or adapted to be used in the making of false identity

documents,

(a) an identity document that is false;

(b) an identity document that was improperly obtained;

(c) an identity document that relates to someone else; or

(d) any machine or other apparatus, article or material which, to his

knowledge, is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making

of false identity documents or to be used in the making of such

documents.

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding

two years or to a fine, or to both;

(b) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a

term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the

statutory maximum, or to both;

(c) on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to

imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not

exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

but, in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section

154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), the reference in paragraph (b) to

twelve months is to be read as a reference to six months.

(a) an identity document is false only if it is false within the meaning of

Part 1 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45) (see section

9(1) of that Act); and

(b) an identity document was improperly obtained if false information was

provided, in or in connection with the application for its issue or an

application for its modification, to the person who issued it or (as the

case may be) to a person entitled to modify it;

and references to the making of a false identity document include references to

the modification of an identity document so that it becomes false.

(a) an ID card;

(b) a designated document;

(c) an immigration document;

(d) a United Kingdom passport (within the meaning of the Immigration

Act 1971 (c. 77));

(e) a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of a country or

territory outside the United Kingdom or by or on behalf of an

international organisation;

(f) a document that can be used (in some or all circumstances) instead of a

passport;

(g) a UK driving licence; or

(h) a driving licence issued by or on behalf of the authorities of a country

or territory outside the United Kingdom.

(a) a document used for confirming the right of a person under the

Community Treaties in respect of entry or residence in the United

Kingdom;

(b) a document which is given in exercise of immigration functions and

records information about leave granted to a person to enter or to

remain in the United Kingdom; or

(c) a registration card (within the meaning of section 26A of the

Immigration Act 1971);

and in paragraph (b) "immigration functions" means functions under the

Immigration Acts (within the meaning of the Asylum and Immigration

(Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 ).

(a) a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part 3 of the Road

Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52);

(b) a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part 2 of the Road

Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1981 (S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1)); or

(c) a document issued as a counterpart with a licence falling within

paragraph (a) or (b).

(a) the establishment or maintenance of the Register; or

(b) the issue, modification, cancellation or surrender of ID cards.

(a) it is authorised by or under this Act or any other enactment;

(b) it is made in pursuance of an order or direction of a court or of a

tribunal established by or under any enactment;

(c) it is made in pursuance of a Community obligation; or

(d) it is made for the purpose of performing the duties of an office or

employment of the sort mentioned in subsection (1).

(a) for the purpose of securing the making or modification of an entry in

the Register;

(b) in confirming an entry in the Register; or

(c) for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another the issue or

modification of an ID card.

(a) knows or believes the information to be false; or

(b) is reckless as to whether or not it is false.

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding

two years or to a fine, or to both;

(b) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a

term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the

statutory maximum, or to both;

(c) on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to

imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not

exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

but, in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section

154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), the reference in paragraph (b) to

twelve months is to be read as a reference to six months.

(a) in paragraph (b) of subsection (7) (penalty for offence on conviction on

indictment), at the beginning insert "subject to subsection (8)"; and

(b) after that subsection insert the subsection set out in subsection (2) of

this section.

(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)"

(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)".

(a) set out the Secretary of State's reasons for deciding that the defaulter is

liable to a penalty;

(b) state the amount of the penalty that is being imposed;

(c) specify a date before which the penalty must be paid to the Secretary of

State;

(d) describe how payment may be made;

(e) explain the steps that the defaulter may take if he objects to the penalty;

and

(f) set out and explain the powers of the Secretary of State to enforce the

penalty.

(a) must be paid to the Secretary of State in a manner described in the

notice imposing it; and

(b) if not so paid by the specified date, is to be recoverable by him

accordingly.

(a) whether the defaulter was liable to the penalty; or

(b) the amount of the penalty.

(7) Sums received by the Secretary of State in respect of penalties imposed in

accordance with this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(a) that he is not liable to it;

(b) that the amount of the penalty is too high.

(a) must set out the grounds of the objection and the objector's reasons for

objecting on those grounds; and

(b) must be given to the Secretary of State in the prescribed manner and

within the prescribed period after the giving of the notice imposing the

penalty.

(a) cancel the penalty;

(b) reduce it;

(c) increase it; or

(d) confirm it.

(a) before the end of the prescribed period; or

(b) within such longer period as he may agree with the objector.

(a) that he is not liable to it; or

(b) that the amount of the penalty is too high.

(a) allow the appeal and cancel the penalty;

(b) allow the appeal and reduce the penalty; or

(c) dismiss the appeal.

(a) matters of which the Secretary of State was unaware when he made his

decision; and

(b) matters which (apart from this subsection) the court would be

prevented from having regard to by virtue of rules of court.

(a) in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, a county court; and

(b) in Scotland, the sheriff.

(a) imposing a civil penalty under this Act; or

(b) considering a notice of objection under section 34.

(3) The court must have regard to the code when determining any appeal under

section 35.

(a) revise the whole or a part of the code; and

(b) issue the revised code.

(a) applications made to him for an entry to be made in the Register, for the

modification of an entry or for the issue of an ID card;

(b) the making or modification of entries in the Register;

(c) the issue of ID cards;

(d) applications for the disclosure to any person of the whole, or a part, of

the information contained in any one or more entries in the Register;

(e) the making of such a disclosure;

(f) applications for the confirmation of any information by reference to

information recorded in the Register;

(g) the issue of such a confirmation.

(a) an application for a designated document, or

(b) the issue of a designated document,

includes power to fix or impose fees in respect of anything done by virtue of

this Act in connection with such an application, or with the issue of such a

document.

(a) to make different provision for different cases;

(b) to make provision subject to such exemptions and exceptions as that

person thinks fit; and

(c) to make such incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional

provision as that person thinks fit.

(a) comprises an order under section 41 bringing a provision of this Act

into force; or

(b) makes provision by reference to which a draft of the order or

regulations contained in the instrument is required to have been laid

before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House;

and subsection (4) does not apply to the power to make an order under section

41 bringing a provision of this Act into force.

(a) any sums authorised or required to be paid by the Secretary of State for

or in connection with the carrying out of his functions under this Act;

and

(b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums which are payable out

of money so provided under any other Act.

(a) a provision of Northern Ireland legislation; and

(b) enactments passed or made after the passing of this Act;

"false", in relation to information, includes containing any inaccuracy or

omission that results in a tendency to mislead;

(a) as a place where he resides; or

(b) as his principal place of residence in the United Kingdom.

(a) his full name;

(b) other names by which he is or has been known;

(c) his date of birth;

(d) his place of birth;

(e) his gender;

(f) the address of his principal place of residence in the United

Kingdom; and

(g) the address of every other place in the United Kingdom where he has

a place of residence.

(a) a photograph of his head and shoulders;

(b) his fingerprints; and

(c) other biometric information about him.

(a) his nationality;

(b) his entitlement to remain in the United Kingdom; and

(c) the terms and conditions of that entitlement.

(a) his National Identity Registration Number;

(b) the number of any ID card issued to him;

(c) any national insurance number allocated to him;

(d) the number of any immigration document relating to him;

(e) the number of any United Kingdom passport (within the meaning of

the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77)) that has been issued to him;

(f) the number of any passport issued to him by or on behalf of the

authorities of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom or

by or on behalf of an international organisation;

(g) the number of any document that can be used by him (in some or all

circumstances) instead of a passport;

(h) the number of any identity card issued to him by the authorities of a

country or territory outside the United Kingdom;

(i) any reference number allocated to him by the Secretary of State in

connection with an application made by him for permission to enter

or to remain in the United Kingdom;

(j) the number of any work permit (within the meaning of the

Immigration Act 1971) relating to him;

(k) the number of any designated document which is held by him and is

a document the number of which does not fall within any of the

preceding sub-paragraphs; and

(l) the date of expiry or period of validity of a document the number of

which is recorded by virtue of this paragraph.

(a) a document used for confirming the right of a person under the

Community Treaties in respect of entry or residence in the United

Kingdom;

(b) a document which is given in exercise of immigration functions and

records information about leave granted to a person to enter or to

remain in the United Kingdom; or

(c) a registration card (within the meaning of section 26A of the

Immigration Act 1971);

and in paragraph (b) "immigration functions" means functions under the

Immigration Acts (within the meaning of the Asylum and Immigration

(Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 ).

(a) information falling within the preceding paragraphs that has

previously been recorded about him in the Register;

(b) particulars of changes affecting that information and of changes

made to his entry in the Register; and

(c) his date of death.

(a) the date of every application for registration made by him;

(b) the date of every application by him for a modification of the

contents of his entry;

(c) the date of every application by him confirming the contents of his

entry (with or without changes);

(d) particulars (in addition to its number) of every ID card issued to him;

(e) whether each such card is in force and, if not, why not; and

(f) particulars of any other individual who has countersigned an

application by the individual in question for an ID card or a

designated document, so far as those particulars were included on

the application.

(a) the information provided in connection with every application by

him to be entered in the Register, for a modification of the contents

of his entry or for the issue of an ID card;

(b) the information provided in connection with every application by

him confirming his entry in the Register (with or without changes);

(c) particulars of the steps taken in connection with any application

mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or otherwise for identifying the

applicant or for verifying the information provided in connection

with the application;

(d) particulars of any other steps taken or information obtained

(otherwise than in connection with an application mentioned in

paragraph (a) or (b)) for ensuring that there is a complete, up-to-date

and accurate entry about that individual in the Register;

(e) particulars of every notification given by that individual for the

purposes of section 12;

(f) particulars of every notification given by that individual for the

purposes of regulations under section 13(1); and

(g) particulars of any requirement by the Secretary of State to a person

to surrender an ID card issued to that individual.

(a) a personal identification number to be used for facilitating the

making of applications for, and the disclosure of, information

recorded in his entry;

(b) a password or other code to be used for that purpose; and

(c) questions and answers to be used for identifying a person seeking to

make such an application or to apply for or to make a modification

of that entry.

(a) particulars of every occasion on which a person has accessed the

individual's entry and of the person who accessed it;

(b) particulars of every occasion on which information contained in the

individual's entry has been disclosed, of the disclosure and of the

person to whom it was disclosed;

(c) particulars of every step taken on such an occasion for modifying the

individual's entry, for issuing or cancelling an ID card issued to him

or for requiring the surrender of such a card; and

(d) information for identifying the person who took any such steps on

such an occasion.