An Act to make provision for and in connection with the repeal of the Identity Cards Act 2006.
Citation
2010 c. 40
Introduced by
Theresa May, Home Secretary (Commons) Baroness Neville-Jones, Minister of State for Security and Counter Terrorism (Lords)
Territorial extent
Whole of the United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent
21 December 2010
Commencement
Sections 2–3 on 21 December 2010; remaining sections on 21 January 2011
Other legislation
Relates to
Identity Cards Act 2006
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of the Identity Documents Act 2010 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
The Identity Documents Act 2010 (c. 40) is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which reverses the introduction of identity cards, and requires the destruction of the information held on the National Identity Register.
As a bill, it was presented to the House of Commons by Home Secretary Theresa May on 26 May 2010, making it the first government bill to be introduced to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom by the Cameron ministry.
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person or thing's identity, authentication is the process of verifying that identity. It might involve validating personal identitydocuments, verifying the...
registration system. In January 2010 the IdentityDocumentsAct2010 repealed the Identity Cards Act 2006 which set up the National Identity Register. Despite widespread...
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Travel Documents (MROTDs)" (PDF). State of play concerning the electronic identity cards in the EU Member States (Council of the European Union, 2010) "Chip...
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the Forgery Act 1913, and today forgery is mostly covered by the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 and the IdentityDocumentsAct2010. However three...
of identity verification. This may involve checking information provided is valid by using systems to validate ID and proof of address documents or by...
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domestic use of identitydocuments. Some countries demand the use of a national identity card or a passport, while others allow for other documents like driver's...