S.C.B.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 20th January 2005
STANDING COMMITTEE B
IDENTITY CARDS BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [18th January 2005].
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
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Clause 4, page 4, line 26, at end add—
'(3) The Secretary of State must not make an order under this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
164
Clause 5, page 4, line 35, leave out 'must' and insert 'may, if the applicant so chooses,'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
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Clause 5, page 5, line 12, leave out paragraph (b).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
80
Clause 5, page 5, line 12, leave out ', and other biometric information about himself'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
32
Clause 5, page 5, line 15, after 'may', insert 'reasonably'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
81
Clause 5, page 5, line 19, at end add—
'(7) The Secretary of State shall make provision for local facilities to satisfy the attendance requirements of subsection (5)(a).
(8) The Secretary of State shall make provision for home visits to people unfit to travel to satisfy the requirements of subsection (5)(a).'.
John Robertson
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Clause 6, page 5, line 29, at end insert—
| '(c) | the assistance available with transportation arrangements and costs to vulnerable or disabled individuals required to make an application.'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
33
Clause 6, page 5, line 30, at end insert 'without reasonable excuse'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
130
Clause 6, page 5, line 36, leave out 'civil'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
34
Clause 6, page 5, line 36, leave out '£2,500' and insert '£1,000'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
82
Clause 6, page 5, line 36, leave out '£2500' and insert '£50'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
35
Clause 6, page 5, line 40, leave out '£1,000' and insert '£500'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
83
Clause 6, page 5, line 40, leave out '£1000' and insert '£50'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
37
Clause 6, page 5, line 41, leave out subsection (6).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
131
Clause 6, page 5, line 44, leave out 'civil'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
36
Clause 6, page 5, line 44, leave out '£2,500' and insert '£1,000'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
84
Clause 6, page 5, line 44, leave out '£2,500' and insert '£50'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
165
Clause 6, page 6, line 3, at end add—
'(7) Unreasonable failure to comply with a request of the Secretary of State under this section shall be a summary offence to be heard before a magistrates' court with an appeal against a finding of guilt to the Crown Court.'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
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Page 5, line 20, leave out Clause 6.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
166
Clause 7, page 6, leave out lines 7 to 45 and insert 'authorised to do so by further primary legislation which comes into force within six months of his making of any such order.'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
86
Clause 7, page 6, line 45, at end add—
'(7) Orders made under section 6 shall be considered to be primary legislation for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998.'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
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Page 6, line 4, leave out Clause 7.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
44
Clause 8, page 7, line 4, after 'issued', insert 'free of charge'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
42
Clause 8, page 7, line 5, leave out 'and'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
43
Clause 8, page 7, line 7, at end insert 'and
| (c) | is issued for the following purposes only— |
| (i) | to assist in preventing or detecting terrorist acts in the United Kingdom or elsewhere or otherwise in the interests of national security; |
| (ii) | to assist the Secretary of State in preventing or detecting serious crime; |
| (iii) | the purposes of controlling illegal immigration and enforcing immigration controls; |
| (iv) | the purpose of securing proper provision of the following public services, namely— |
(d) social security benefits.
(1A) In subsection (1)(c)(ii), "serious crime" has the same meaning as in section 1(1A).'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
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Clause 8, page 7, line 9, after 'recording', insert 'prescribed'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
89
Clause 8, page 7, line 11, after 'carrying', insert 'prescribed'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
90
Clause 8, page 7, line 18, leave out from 'period' to end of line 19.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
91
Clause 8, page 7, line 25, leave out subsection (5).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
142
Clause 8, page 7, line 29, leave out subsection (6) and insert—
'(6) An ID card relating to an individual is not to be issued except where—
| (a) | an application has been made by him to be entered in the Register; or |
| (b) | an application has been made by him which in the prescribed manner confirms (with or without changes) the contents of an entry already made in the Register for that individual.'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
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Clause 8, page 7, line 35, leave out subsection (7).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
152
Clause 9, page 8, line 28, after 'allow', insert 'all of'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
94
Clause 9, page 8, line 36, leave out '£1000' and add '£50'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
93
Page 8, line 10, leave out Clause 9.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
95
Clause 10, page 9, line 4, leave out subsection (2).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
167
Clause 11, page 9, line 21, after 'it', insert 'reasonably'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
96
Clause 11, page 9, line 27, leave out from 'Register' to end of line 29.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
168
Clause 11, page 9, line 32, after 'it', insert 'reasonably'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
169
Clause 11, page 9, line 45, at end insert 'where that requirement is, in all the circumstances, reasonable'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
132
Clause 12, page 10, line 32, at end insert—
'(1A) For the purposes of ensuring that an individual is able to comply with his duty under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must at least once every two years send in a prescribed manner to each individual to whom an ID card has been issued at his prescribed address a copy of the information recorded as at a prescribed date about that individual in the Register.'.
