Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 3323 (C. 150)

Identity Cards

The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2009

Made

15th December 2009

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 44(3) and (4) of the Identity Cards Act 2006(1), makes the following Order:

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Identity Cards Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2009.

Commencement

2.—(1) Section 2(1) and (2), and section 5(1)(b), of the Identity Cards Act 2006 shall come into force on 4^th January 2010 in relation to any person to whom paragraph (2) applies, except to the extent that those provisions are already in force in respect of such persons.

(2) This paragraph applies to a British citizen who –

(a)holds, or has at any time on or after 1^st January 2009 held, a United Kingdom passport (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971(2)) which provides evidence of his British citizenship; and

(b)either –

(i)the address of his place of residence is located in an area in England to which one of the postcodes listed in the Schedule corresponds; or

(ii)is employed and his place of work is permanently or temporarily at premises located in an area in England to which one of the postcodes listed in the Schedule corresponds.

Meg Hillier

Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State

Home Office

15th December 2009

Article 2(2)(b)

SCHEDULEPostcodes corresponding to a place of residence, and a place of work

BB1, BB2, BB3, BB4, BB5, BB6, BB7, BB8, BB9, BB10, BB11, BB12, BB18, BB94;
BD23;
CA1, CA2, CA3, CA4, CA5, CA6, CA7, CA8, CA9, CA10, CA11, CA12, CA13, CA14, CA15, CA16, CA17, CA18, CA19, CA20, CA21, CA22, CA23, CA24, CA25, CA26, CA27, CA28, CA95, CA99;
CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, CH5, CH41, CH42, CH43, CH44, CH45, CH46, CH47, CH48, CH49, CH60, CH61, CH62, CH63, CH64, CH65, CH66, CH70, CH88, CH99;
CW1, CW2, CW3, CW4, CW5, CW6, CW7, CW8, CW9, CW10, CW11, CW12, CW98;
DG16;
DL12;
FY0, FY1, FY2, FY3, FY4, FY5, FY6, FY7, FY8;
L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L10, L11, L12, L13, L14, L15, L16, L17, L18, L19, L20, L21, L22, L23, L24, L25, L26, L27, L28, L29, L30, L31, L32, L33, L34, L35, L36, L37, L38, L39, L40, L67, L68, L69, L70, L71, L72, L74, L75;
LA1, LA2, LA3, LA4, LA5, LA6, LA7, LA8, LA9, LA10, LA11, LA12, LA13, LA14, LA15, LA16, LA17, LA18, LA19, LA20, LA21, LA22, LA23;
LL12, LL13;
OL13, OL14, OL95;
PR0, PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4, PR5, PR6, PR7, PR8, PR9, PR11, PR25, PR26;
SK9, SK10, SK11, SK12, SK13, SK22, SK23;
ST7;
SY13, SY14;
TD9;
WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5, WA6, WA7, WA8, WA9, WA10, WA11, WA12, WA16, WA55, WA88;
WN8.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 2(1) and (2), and section 5(1)(b), of the Identity Cards Act 2006 on 4^th January 2010 in relation to any person to whom paragraph (2) of article 2 applies, except to the extent that those provisions are already in force in respect of such persons by virtue of commencement orders made before the date of this Order. These provisions relate to entries being made in the National Identity Register for persons who are entitled to be registered in that Register and who apply for an entry to be made, and how such an application may be made.

Article 2(2) applies to a British citizen who holds, or who has held at any time on or after 1^st January 2009, a United Kingdom passport which shows he has such citizenship, and either the address of his place of residence is located in an area in England to which one of the postcodes listed in the Schedule corresponds, or is employed and his place of work is permanently or temporarily at premises located in an area in England to which one of the postcodes listed in the Schedule corresponds.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Identity Cards Act 2006 have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order–

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 1(5) to (8) (partially)	7^th June 2006	2006/1439 (C. 49)
Section 1 (for all remaining purposes)	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Section 2(1) and (2) (partially)	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
	10^th November 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
	24^th November 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
	30^th November 2009	2009/3032 (C.132)
Section 2(3) to (7)	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Sections 3 and 4	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Section 5(1)(b) (partially)	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
	10^th November 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
	24^th November 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
	30^th November 2009	2009/3032 (C.132)
Section 5(2) to (7)	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Section 6	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Sections 8 to 21	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Sections 22 to 24	1^st October 2009	2009/2303 (C.100)
Sections 25 and 26	7^th June 2006	2006/1439 (C. 49)
Sections 27 to 29	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Section 30 (partially)	7^th June 2006	2006/1439 (C. 49)
Section 30 (for all remaining purposes)	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Sections 31 to 35	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Section 37	30^th September 2006	2006/2602 (C. 87)
Section 39	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Section 40	7^th June 2006	2006/1439 (C. 49)
Section 41	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Section 42 (partially)	7^th June 2006	2006/1439 (C. 49)
	1^st October 2009	2009/2303 (C.100)
Section 42 (for all remaining purposes)	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Section 43	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Schedule 1	20^th October 2009	2009/2565 (C.108)
Schedule 2	7^th June 2006	2006/1439 (C. 49)

(1)

2006 c. 15.

(2)

1971 c. 77.