Identity Cards Act 2006

24 Jurisdiction of Intelligence Services Commissioner and Tribunal

(1) The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 59 (functions of Intelligence Services Commissioner), after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) The Intelligence Services Commissioner shall also keep under review—

(a) the acquisition, storage and use by the intelligence services of information recorded in the National Identity Register;

(b) the provision of such information to members of the intelligence services in accordance with any provision made by or under the Identity Cards Act 2006;

(c) arrangements made by the Secretary of State or any of the intelligence services for the purposes of anything mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).”

(3) In section 65(2)(b) (complaints in relation to which Tribunal has jurisdiction), after “subsection (4)” insert “or (4A)”.

(4) In section 65(3) (proceedings in relation to which the Tribunal has jurisdiction), for the “or” at the end of paragraph (c) substitute—

“(ca) they are proceedings relating to the provision to a member of any of the intelligence services of information recorded in an individual’s entry in the National Identity Register;

(cb) they are proceedings relating to the acquisition, storage or use of such information by any of the intelligence services; or”.

(5) After section 65(4) insert—

“(4A) The Tribunal is also the appropriate forum for a complaint if it is a complaint by an individual about what he believes to be—

(a) the provision to a member of any of the intelligence services of information recorded in that individual’s entry in the National Identity Register; or

(b) the acquisition, storage or use of such information by any of the intelligence services.”