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The Verification of Information in Passport Applications Etc.(Specified Persons) Order 2007

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2.—(1) The following persons are specified for the purposes of section 38 of the 2006 Act (verifying information provided with passport applications etc.) —

(a)the Registrar General for England and Wales; and

(b)a credit reference agency with which the Secretary of State acting through the Identity and Passport Service has at the relevant time a contract for the supply of services relating to the provision of information concerning the identity of individuals.

(2) In this article —

“credit reference agency” means a person carrying on a business comprising the furnishing of information relevant to the financial standing of individuals, being information collected by the agency for that purpose; and

“the relevant time” means the time when the particular requirement is imposed.

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