Identity Cards Act 2006

19Correcting inaccurate or incomplete information

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(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 21 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 9 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 to be so recorded.