Identity Documents Bill

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Identity Documents Bill

Identity Documents Bill

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Home Office, are published separately
as Bill 1—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Secretary Theresa May has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Identity Documents Bill are compatible with the
Convention rights.

Bill 1 55/1

Identity Documents Bill

Contents
Repeal of Identity Cards Act 2006
1
Repeal of Identity Cards Act 2006
2
Cancellation of ID cards etc
3
Destruction of information recorded in National Identity Register
False identity documents etc
4
Possession of false identity documents etc with improper intention
5
Apparatus designed or adapted for the making of false identity documents
etc
6
Possession of false identity documents etc without reasonable excuse
7
Meaning of “identity document”
8
Meaning of “personal information”
9
Other definitions
Verification of information
10
Verifying information provided with passport applications etc
General
11
Orders
12
Consequential amendments
13
Transitional provision
14
Commencement, extent and short title
Schedule   —
Consequential amendments

Bill 1
55/1

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