S.C.B.
Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 25th January 2005
STANDING COMMITTEE B
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
IDENTITY CARDS BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [18th January 2005].
Clause 8
Amendment (No. 44) proposed, in page 7, line 4, after the word 'issued' to insert the words 'free of charge'.—(Mr Humfrey Malins.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
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
88
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
92
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.'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
97
Clause 12, page 11, line 2, leave out paragraph (b).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
98
Clause 12, page 11, line 2, leave out ', and other biometric information about himself,'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
117
Clause 12, page 11, line 10, after 'who', insert 'intentionally'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
100
Clause 12, page 11, line 11, leave out '£1000' and add '£50'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
99
Clause 12, page 11, line 11, 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).'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
101
Clause 12, page 11, line 11, at end add—
'(7) The Secretary of State shall make no charge for changes to the Register required by this section.'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
45
Clause 13, page 11, line 14, leave out from 'State' to 'if'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
170
Clause 13, page 11, line 31, at end insert—
'(2A) The Secretary of State may, in an urgent case, cancel the card forthwith or otherwise give notice to the individual of an intention to do so.
(2B) The Secretary of State shall send notification of his cancellation or his intention to cancel in writing to the individual who shall have the right to make representations accordingly.
(2C) The Secretary of State shall review his cancellation or his intention in the light of such representations.
(2D) The individual may appeal a cancellation of his ID card to the Commissioner.'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
46
Clause 13, page 12, line 6, after 'who', insert 'unreasonably'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
102
Clause 13, page 12, line 7, leave out paragraph (a).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
103
Clause 14, page 12, line 35, after 'a,' insert 'prescribed'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
171
Clause 14, page 12, line 35, after 'with', insert 'all of the'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
47
Clause 14, page 12, line 38, after 'the', insert 'written'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
104
Clause 14, page 12, line 38, after 'the,' insert 'informed'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
48
Clause 14, page 12, line 39, after 'otherwise', insert 'in writing'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
105
Clause 14, page 12, line 39, after 'otherwise' insert 'explicitly'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
49
Clause 14, page 12, line 40, at end insert 'and
| (c) | authority or consent may extend to part only of information.'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
172
Clause 14, page 12, line 41, leave out subsection (2).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
106
Clause 14, page 13, line 20, leave out paragraph (a).
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
107
Clause 14, page 13, line 21, leave out paragraph (b).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
50
Clause 14, page 13, line 26, leave out subsection (4).
