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The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Application and Issue of ID Card and Notification of Changes) Regulations 2009

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Application and Issue of ID Card and Notification of Changes) Regulations 2009 No. 2795

PART 1

Information required from all applicants

1.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in the case of all applicants –

(a)full name by which the applicant is commonly known for official purposes,

(b)any other names by which the applicant is or has been known for official purposes and details of the period during which the applicant is or has been so known ,

(c)subject to sub-paragraph (e), address of the applicant’s principal place of residence in the United Kingdom,

(d)address of any other place of residence, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, which the applicant wishes to be entered in the Register,

(e)where the applicant has no place of residence in the United Kingdom, a contact address in the United Kingdom,

(f)address of any other principal place of residence of the applicant during the period of five years immediately preceding the date of signature of the application form,

(g)gender of the applicant,

(h)date of birth of the applicant,

(i)place of birth of the applicant (including town and country of birth),

(j)nationality of the applicant,

(k)any previous nationality of the applicant,

(l)any national insurance number allocated to the applicant,

(m)a contact telephone number for the applicant,

(n)signature of the applicant,

(o)date of signature of the application,

(p)the information relating to a referee specified in paragraph 2,

(q)the answers to questions for the purposes of paragraph 8(c) of Schedule 1 to the 2006 Act.,

(r)whether the applicant owes any money to the United Kingdom for repatriation or any other form of consular relief, and

(s)whether the applicant is subject to a court order that would prevent the applicant from applying for, being issued with or using a travel document, including details of the period when the prohibition will be in force

(t)a declaration that the applicant is not subject to deportation proceedings and that the applicant does not have any outstanding exclusion or deportation orders made against them.

(2) In the case of an applicant where the only information relating to gender they have provided to accompany their application is information relating to an acquired gender and their application is accompanied by—

(a)a valid passport recording that gender;

(b)a valid identity card recording that gender;

(c)a birth or adoption certificate in a form which contains details of the parents or, as the case may be, adoptive parents recording that gender;

(d)or a gender recognition certificate recording that gender,

(e)paragraph 1(b) shall be modified as to refer only to the names by which the applicant has been known for official purposes that relate to their acquired gender.

2.  Information relating to a referee –

(a)full name,

(b)number of years the referee has known the applicant,

(c)address of principal place of residence,

(d)date of birth,

(e)profession,

(f)whether they hold a valid United Kingdom passport, valid Irish passport or valid United Kingdom ID card and

(g)a contact telephone number.

Information required from British citizens and British subjects who currently hold a valid United Kingdom passport

3.  In the case of an applicant who is a British citizen and who holds a valid United Kingdom passport describing the applicant as a British citizen, the number and date and place of issue and issuing authority, of that passport.

4.  In the case of an applicant who is a British subject with the right of abode in the United Kingdom and who holds a valid United Kingdom passport describing the applicant as a British subject with the right of abode in the United Kingdom, the number and date and place of issue and issuing authority of that passport.

Information required from British citizens and British subjects who do not currently hold a valid United Kingdom passport

5.  In the case of an applicant who claims to be a British citizen and who does not hold a valid United Kingdom passport describing the applicant as a British citizen –

(a)full name of the applicant’s mother,

(b)place of birth of the applicant’s mother (including town and country),

(c)date of birth of the applicant’s mother,

(d)nationality of the applicant’s mother at the time of the applicant’s birth,

(e)where the applicant’s mother has been issued with a United Kingdom passport describing her as a British citizen, the number and date of issue of the last such passport issued to her or of such a passport held by her at the time of the applicant’s birth,

(f)date of any marriage between the applicant’s mother and the applicant’s father,

(g)full name of the applicant’s father,

(h)place of birth of the applicant’s father (including town and country),

(i)date of birth of the applicant’s father,

(j)nationality of the applicant’s father at the time of the applicant’s birth,

(k)where the applicant’s father has been issued with a United Kingdom passport describing him as a British citizen, the number and date of issue of the last such passport issued to him, or of such a passport held by him at the time of the applicant’s birth, and

(l)where the applicant has been issued with a naturalisation certificate, the number and date and place of issue of that certificate.

6.  In the case of an applicant who claims to be a British subject with right of abode in the United Kingdom who does not hold a valid United Kingdom passport describing the applicant as a British subject with right of abode in the United Kingdom –

(a)full name of the applicant’s mother,

(b)place of birth of the applicant’s mother (including town and country),

(c)date of birth of the applicant’s mother,

(d)nationality of the applicant’s mother at the time of the applicant’s birth,

(e)date of any marriage between the applicant’s mother and the applicant’s father,

(f)full name of the applicant’s father,

(g)place of birth of the applicant’s father (including town and country),

(h)date of birth of the applicant’s father, and

(i)nationality of the applicant’s father at the time of the applicant’s birth.

Information required from EEA nationals and their family members

7.  In the case of an applicant who claims to be an EEA national, either –

(a)the number, date of issue, place of issue and issuing authority of their valid identity card, or

(b)the number, date of issue, place of issue and issuing authority of their valid passport.

8.  In the case of an applicant who claims to be a family member of an EEA national with a right to reside under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006(1);

(a)the number and date and place of issue of their valid passport, and

(b)the authority that issued that passport.

Information required from applicants who have dual nationality

9.  In the case of an applicant who has dual nationality, the number and date and place of issue and issuing authority of any valid identity card or passport of the applicant, details of which are not required to be supplied by virtue of any of the preceding paragraphs of this Part of this Schedule.

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