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(1)Where it appears to the Secretary of State that a person on whom a requirement may be imposed under this section may have information in his possession which could be used—
(a)for verifying information provided to the Secretary of State for the purposes of, or in connection with, an application for the issue of a passport, or
(b)for determining whether to withdraw an individual's passport,
the Secretary of State may require that person to provide him with the information.
(2)It shall be the duty of a person who—
(a)is required to provide information under this section, and
(b)has the information in his possession,
to comply with the requirement within whatever period is specified in the requirement.
(3)A requirement may be imposed under this section on—
(a)a Minister of the Crown;
(b)a government department;
(c)a Northern Ireland department;
(d)the National Assembly for Wales; or
(e)any person not falling within paragraph (a) to (d) who is specified for the purposes of this section in an order made by the Secretary of State.
(4)The persons who may be specified in an order under subsection (3)(e) include any person who carries out functions conferred by or under an enactment that fall to be carried out on behalf of the Crown.
(5)The power of the Secretary of State to make an order specifying a person as a person on whom a requirement may be imposed under this section includes power to provide—
(a)that his duty to provide the information that he is required to provide is owed to the person imposing it; and
(b)that the duty is enforceable in civil proceedings—
(i)for an injunction;
(ii)for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36); or
(iii)for any other appropriate remedy or relief.
(6)The Secretary of State may, in such cases (if any) as he thinks fit, make payments to a person providing information in accordance with this section in respect of the provision of the information.
(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 this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.
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