# The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Application and Issue of ID Card and Notification of Changes) Regulations 2009, Regulation 12: Requirements on designated documents authorities


(1) A designated documents authority must comply with the requirements specified in paragraph (2) when handling an application made to it that confirms (with or without changes) the contents of an individual’s entry in the Register.
(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are that the designated documents authority must, before issuing a designated document to the applicant –
(a) ask the applicant to confirm whether the information provided by the applicant to it under regulation 6 –
(i) is, or
(ii) when the entry has been amended in accordance with an application or notification already made to the Identity and Passport Service, will be
the same as that recorded in the applicant’s entry in the Register;
(b) if in response to the question posed under sub-paragraph (a) the applicant indicates that the information has changed in any respect, provide to the Identity and Passport Service details of the changed information;
(c) verify with the Identity and Passport Service that the information provided to it by the applicant under regulation 6 is the same as that recorded in the applicant’s entry in the Register in relation to those matters; and
(d) immediately prior to issue of the designated document, obtain confirmation from the Identity and Passport Service that there is no outstanding –
(i) application by the applicant under section 6 of the 2006 Act for the issue of an ID card; or
(ii) notification by the applicant under section 10 of the 2006 Act of a change of circumstances affecting, or an error in, the information recorded about the applicant in the Register.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111480427/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-identity-cards-act-2006-application-and-issue-of-id-card-and-notification-of-changes-regulations-2009/regulation-12
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