Identity Cards Act 2006

8 Functions of persons issuing designated documents

(1) A designated documents authority may issue a designated document to an individual only if—

(a) it is satisfied that the requirements imposed by or under this Act in relation to the application for the issue of that document to that individual have been complied with;

(b) it is satisfied that the Secretary of State has considered and disposed of so much of that application as relates to the making of an entry in the Register or the confirmation (with or without changes) of the contents of such an entry; and

(c) it has ascertained whether the individual already holds a valid ID card.

(2) A designated documents authority which issues a designated document to an individual in a case in which—

(a) the individual does not already hold a valid ID card, and

(b) the designated document is being issued otherwise than on an application made in a case falling within section 6(7)(a) to (c),

must ensure that the document is issued together with an ID card satisfying the prescribed requirements.

(3) Regulations made by the Secretary of State may impose requirements regulating how designated documents authorities handle—

(a) applications to be entered in the Register that are made to them;

(b) applications to be issued with ID cards that are made to them (whether or not as part of an application for a designated document); and

(c) applications made to them that confirm (with or without changes) the contents of an individual’s entry in the Register.

(4) Regulations made by the Secretary of State may also require designated documents authorities to notify the Secretary of State where a designated document that was issued together with an ID card—

(a) is modified, suspended or revoked; or

(b) is required to be surrendered.

(5) The Secretary of State must not make regulations containing (with or without other provision) any provision prescribing requirements for the purposes of subsection (2) unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.