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Identity Cards Bill
Schedule 1 — Information that may be recorded in Register
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Schedules
Schedule 1
Section 3

Information that may be recorded in Register
Personal information
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The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—
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(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;
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(f)
the address of his principal place of residence in the United
Kingdom;
(g)
the address of every other place in the United Kingdom where he has
a place of residence;
(h)
addresses (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) where he
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has previously resided at any time during a prescribed period.
Identifying information
2
The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—
(a)
a photograph of his head and shoulders;
(b)
his signature;
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(c)
his fingerprints;
(d)
other biometric information about him.
Residential status
3
The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—
(a)
his nationality;
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(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.
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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;

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(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
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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;
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(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;
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(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
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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;
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(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);
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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
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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
5
The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—
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(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.
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Registration and ID card history
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The following may be recorded in an individual’s entry in the Register—

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(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);
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(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
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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 13(1) (lost, stolen and damaged ID cards
etc.);
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(i)
particulars of every requirement by the Secretary of State for the
individual to surrender an ID card issued to him.
Validation information
7
The following may be recorded in the entry in the Register for an
individual—
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(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);
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(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
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(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.
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Security information
8
The 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
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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
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of that entry.

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Records of provision of information
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The 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;
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(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.
Schedule 2
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Section 45

Repeals

Short title and chapter
Extent of repeal

Forgery and Counterfeiting Act
In section 5—

1981 (c. 45)
(a)
subsection (5)(f) and (fa); and

(b)
subsections (9) to (11).

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Asylum and Immigration
Section 3.

(Treatment of Claimants, etc.)
In section 14(2), the word “and” at the end of

Act 2004 (c. 19)
paragraph (o).

Identity Cards Bill

A
Bill
To Make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals and for
the issue of cards capable of being used for identifying registered individuals;
to make it an offence for a person to be in possession or control of an identity
document to which he is not entitled, or of apparatus, articles or materials for
making false identity documents; to amend the Consular Fees Act 1980; to
make provision facilitating the verification of information provided with an
application for a passport; and for connected purposes.

Presented by Mr Secretary Blunkett

supported by

The Prime Minister, Mr Secretary Prescott,

Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer,

Mr Secretary Straw, Secretary Margaret Beckett,

and Mr Desmond Browne.

Ordered, by the House of Commons,

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