# Identity Cards Act 2006 (repealed) 2006 c. 15 · enacted 30 March 2006 · revised to 21 January 2011 An Act to make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals and for the issue of cards capable of being used for identifying registered individuals; to make it an offence for a person to be in possession or control of an identity document to which he is not entitled, or of apparatus, articles or materials for making false identity documents; to amend the Consular Fees Act 1980; to make provision facilitating the verification of information provided with an application for a passport; and for connected purposes. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/identity-cards-act-2006-repealed/pdf/ukpga_20060015_en.pdf; Explanatory Note https://openlegislation.uk/identity-cards-act-2006-repealed/pdf/ukpgaen_20060015_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Registration ## 1 The National Identity Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Individuals entered in Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Information recorded in Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Designation of documents for purposes of registration et ceteralaetc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Applications relating to entries in Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## ID cards ## 6 Issue et ceteralaetc. of ID cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 ID cards for those compulsorily registered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Functions of persons issuing designated documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Maintaining accuracy of Register etc. ## 9 Power to require information for validating Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Notification of changes affecting accuracy of Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Invalidity and surrender of ID cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Provision of information from Register for verification purposes etc. ## 12 Provision of information for verification or otherwise with consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Required identity checks ## 13 Power to make public services conditional on identity checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Procedure for regulations under s. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Power to provide for checks on the Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Prohibition on requirements to produce identity cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Other purposes for which registered information can be provided ## 17 Public authorities et ceteralaetc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Prevention and detection of crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Correcting inaccurate or incomplete information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Power to authorise provision of information in other circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Rules for providing information without individual's consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Supervision of operation of Act ## 22 Appointment of National Identity Scheme Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Reports by Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Jurisdiction of Intelligence Services Commissioner and Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Offences ## 25 Possession of false identity documents et ceteralaetc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Identity documents for the purposes of s. 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Unauthorised disclosure of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Providing false information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Tampering with the Register et ceteralaetc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Amendments relating to offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Civil penalties ## 31 Imposition of civil penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Objection to penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Appeals against penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Code of practice on penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Fees and charges ## 35 Fees in respect of functions carried out under Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Amendment of Consular Fees Act 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Report to Parliament about likely costs of ID cards scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Provisions relating to passports ## 38 Verifying information provided with passport applications et ceteralaetc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Amendments of legislation relating to passports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Supplemental ## 40 Orders and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Expenses of Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 General interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Short title, repeals, commencement, transitory provision and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Information that may be recorded in Register ### Personal information ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Identifying information ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Residential status ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Personal reference numbers etc. ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Record history ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Registration and ID card history ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Validation information ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Security information ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Records of provision of information ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 Repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/15 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/identity-cards-act-2006-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.