# The Verification of Information in Passport Applications Etc.(Specified Persons) Order 2007, Article 2: Specified Persons


(1) The following persons are specified for the purposes of section 38 of the 2006 Act (verifying information provided with passport applications etc.) —
(a) the Registrar General for England and Wales; and
(b) a credit reference agency with which the Secretary of State acting through the Identity and Passport Service has at the relevant time a contract for the supply of services relating to the provision of information concerning the identity of individuals.
(2) In this article —
“credit reference agency” means a person carrying on a business comprising the furnishing of information relevant to the financial standing of individuals, being information collected by the agency for that purpose; and
“the relevant time” means the time when the particular requirement is imposed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110776781/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-verification-of-information-in-passport-applications-etcspecified-persons-order-2007/article-2
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