Article 2 I1

In this order—

• “the 2006 Act” means the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006; and

• “document” means an original document.

• F1“employee”, except in articles 4(3) and 4B(3), includes a reference to a prospective employee;

• F2“Home Office Employer Checking Service” means the enquiry and advice service for employers operated by the Home Office;

• F3“Home Office online right to work checking service” means the electronic system allowing employers to check whether a person is allowed to work in the United Kingdom and, if so, the nature of any restrictions on that person’s right to do so;

• F4“identity document validation technology” means technology operated by a person for the purpose of verifying the identity of another person (“the subject”), whereby a digital copy of a physical document relating to the subject is produced by or in relation to the subject for verification of—

  1. (a)

     the document’s validity, and

  2. (b)

     whether the subject is the rightful holder of the document;

• “IDVT identity check” means the response generated by an IDVT identity service provider, using identity document validation technology, when undertaking identity verification with respect to a person;

• “IDVT identity service provider” means a person that provides identity verification services using identity document validation technology;

• “online right to work check” means the response generated by the Home Office online right to work checking service in relation to a person.

• “relevant IDVT document” means a document falling within the description in paragraph 1 or 4B of list A of the Schedule and which has not expired;