Identity Cards Act 2006

2 Individuals entered in Register

(1) An entry must be made in the Register for every individual who—

(a) is entitled to be entered in it; and

(b) applies to be entered in it.

(2) The individuals entitled to be entered in the Register are—

(a) every individual who has attained the age of 16 and, without being excluded under subsection (3) from an entitlement to be registered, is residing at a place in the United Kingdom; and

(b) every individual of a prescribed description who has resided in the United Kingdom or who is proposing to enter the United Kingdom.

(3) Regulations made by the Secretary of State may provide that an individual residing in the United Kingdom is excluded from an entitlement to be registered if—

(a) he is residing in the United Kingdom in exercise of an entitlement to remain there that will end less than the prescribed period after it was acquired;

(b) he is an individual of a prescribed description who has not yet been resident in the United Kingdom for the prescribed period; or

(c) he is residing in the United Kingdom despite having no entitlement to remain there.

(4) An entry for an individual may be made in the Register (whether or not he has applied to be, or is entitled to be, entered in it) if—

(a) information capable of being recorded in an entry for him is otherwise available to be recorded; and

(b) the Secretary of State considers that the addition of the entry to the Register would be consistent with the statutory purposes.

(5) An entry in the Register consisting of all the information recorded about an individual must be given a unique number, to be known as his National Identity Registration Number; and that number must comply with the prescribed requirements.

(6) The Secretary of State may by order modify the age for the time being specified in subsection (2)(a).

(7) The Secretary of State must not make an order containing (with or without other provision) any provision that he is authorised to make by subsection (6) unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.