Identity Cards Act 2006

10 Notification of changes affecting accuracy of Register

(1) An individual to whom an ID card has been issued must notify the Secretary of State about—

(a) every prescribed change of circumstances affecting the information recorded about him in the Register; and

(b) every error in that information of which he is aware.

(2) A notification for the purposes of this section must be given—

(a) in the prescribed manner; and

(b) within the prescribed period after the change of circumstances occurs or the individual in question becomes aware of the error.

(3) Where an individual has given a notification for the purposes of this section, the Secretary of State may require him to do such one or more of the things falling within subsection (4) as the Secretary of State thinks fit for the purpose of—

(a) verifying the information that may be entered in the Register about that individual in consequence of the notified change or for the purpose of correcting the error; or

(b) otherwise ensuring that there is a complete, up-to-date and accurate entry about that individual in the Register.

(4) The things that an individual may be required to do under subsection (3) are—

(a) to attend at an agreed place and time or (in the absence of agreement) at a specified place and time;

(b) to allow his fingerprints, and other biometric information about himself, to be taken and recorded;

(c) to allow himself to be photographed;

(d) otherwise to provide such information as may be required by the Secretary of State.

(5) Regulations under this section must not require an individual to provide information to another person unless it is information required by the Secretary of State for the statutory purposes.

(6) The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations containing (with or without other provision) any provision that he is authorised to make by this section is exercisable, on the first occasion on which regulations are made under this section, only if a draft of the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.

(7) An individual who contravenes a requirement imposed on him by or under this section shall be liable to a civil penalty not exceeding £1,000.