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Identity Cards Act 2006

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Section 3

SCHEDULE 1Information that may be recorded in Register

Personal information

1The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—

(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;

(g)the address of every other place in the United Kingdom or elsewhere where he has a place of residence.

Identifying information

2The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—

(a)a photograph of his head and shoulders (showing the features of the face);

(b)his signature;

(c)his fingerprints;

(d)other biometric information about him.

Residential status

3The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—

(a)his nationality;

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

(c)where that entitlement derives from a grant of leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, the terms and conditions of that leave.

Personal reference numbers etc.

4(1)The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—

(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)any driver number given to him by a driving licence;

(l)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;

(m)the date of expiry or period of validity of a document the number of which is recorded by virtue of this paragraph.

(2)In this paragraph “immigration document” means—

(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 (c. 19)).

(3)In this paragraph “driving licence” means—

(a)a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52); or

(b)a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part 2 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1)).

Record history

5The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—

(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;

(c)his date of death.

Registration and ID card history

6The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—

(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)the reason for any omission from the information recorded in his entry;

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

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

(g)particulars of every person who has countersigned an application by him for an ID card or a designated document, so far as those particulars were included on the application;

(h)particulars of every notification given by him for the purposes of regulations under section 11(1) (lost, stolen and damaged ID cards etc.);

(i)particulars of every requirement by the Secretary of State for the individual to surrender an ID card issued to him.

Validation information

7The following may be recorded in the entry in the Register for an individual—

(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 an 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 10.

Security information

8The following may be recorded in the entry in the Register for an individual—

(a)a personal identification number to be used for facilitating the making of applications for information recorded in his entry, and for facilitating the provision of the information;

(b)a password or other code to be used for that purpose or particulars of a method of generating such a password or code;

(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.

Records of provision of information

9The following may be recorded in the entry in the Register for an individual—

(a)particulars of every occasion on which information contained in the individual’s entry has been provided to a person;

(b)particulars of every person to whom such information has been provided on such an occasion;

(c)other particulars, in relation to each such occasion, of the provision of the information.

Section 44

SCHEDULE 2Repeals

Short title and chapterExtent of repeal
Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45)

In section 5—

(a)

subsection (5)(f) and (fa); and

(b)

subsections (9) to (11).

Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19)Section 3.
In section 14(2), the word “and” at the end of paragraph (o).

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