{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/identity-cards-act-2006-commencement-no-4-order-2009/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/identity-cards-act-2006-commencement-no-4-order-2009/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2565",
  "legislation_title": "The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/identity-cards-act-2006-commencement-no-4-order-2009",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Identity Cards Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2009.\n(2) In this Order –\n“airside pass” in relation to an airport means a pass allowing the person to whom it has been issued unaccompanied access to a restricted zone or part of a restricted zone at that airport;\n“EEA national” means a national of an EEA State;\n“EEA State” means –\n(a) a Member State, other than the United Kingdom;\n(b) Norway, Iceland, or Liechtenstein; or\n(c) Switzerland;\n“Identity and Passport Service” means the Secretary of State acting through the Identity and Passport Service;\n“restricted zone” means an area designated by the Secretary of State under section 11A of the Aviation Security Act 1982; and\n“the 2006 Act” means the Identity Cards Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1982 c. 36; section 11A was inserted by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2565/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:05:26.629841+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}