Identity Cards Bill (2004)

(1) This section applies where—

(a) information about an individual has been provided for verification purposes to the Secretary of State or to a designated documents authority; and
(b) it appears to the Secretary of State that the information was inaccurate or incomplete in one or more particulars.

(2) The Secretary of State may, without the individual’s consent, provide the person who provided the inaccurate or incomplete information with information about—

(a) the respects in which it is inaccurate or incomplete; and

(b) what is in fact recorded in that individual’s entry in respect of the matters to which the inaccurate or incomplete information related.

(3) The provision of information to a person under this section is subject to compliance with any requirements imposed by or under section 23 in relation to its provision.

(4) The reference in this section to providing information about an individual for verification purposes is a reference to providing information about that individual which is required (whether under section 11 or otherwise) or intended to be used by the Secretary of State or a designated documents authority for verifying—

(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.

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

Clause 21: Use for correcting inaccurate or incomplete information

135. This clause provides a power to provide information from the Register to a person or organisation who has supplied information (including but not only information provided under clause 11) to help verify an entry in the Register where information provided proved to be inaccurate or incomplete.

136. Subsection (1) sets out the circumstances in which information may be provided under this clause. Subsection (2) provides a power to provide to the person providing the information any inconsistencies between it and the information recorded on the Register, provided that clause 23 is complied with (Subsection (3)).

137. Subsection (4) defines what is meant by providing information about an individual for verification purposes.

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Amendments up to and including Friday 14th January 2005 page 4

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Mr Richard Allan Mr Alistair Carmichael

*Clause 21, page 19, line 22, at end insert—
'(2A) In such a case, the Secretary of State shall notify the individual in writing that he has taken action under subsection (2).'.