The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2010

• Citation: S.I. 2010/126
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Identity Cards Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2010.

(2) In this Order –

“Identity and Passport Service” means the Secretary of State acting through the Identity and Passport Service; and

“passport” means a United Kingdom passport (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971 ).

Section 2 Commencement

(1) Section 2(1) and (2), and section 5(1)(b), of the Identity Cards Act 2006 shall come into force on 8 th February 2010 in relation to any person to whom paragraph (2) or (3) applies, except to the extent that those provisions are already in force in respect of such persons.

(2) This paragraph applies to a British citizen who –

(a) is under the age of 25 at the time he submits his application to be entered in the Register;

(b) holds, or has at any time on or after 1 st January 2009 held, a passport which provides evidence of his British citizenship; and

(c) the address of his place of residence is located in an area to which one of the postcodes listed in the Schedule corresponds.

(3) This paragraph applies to a British citizen who –

(a) holds, or has at any time on or after 1 st January 2009 held, a passport which provides evidence of his British citizenship; and

(b) has registered his interest in identity cards on the website established for this purpose by the Identity and Passport Service , such registration has been confirmed by the Identity and Passport Service on that website on or before 30 th June 2010, and he has not cancelled such registration on that website at the time he submits his application to be entered in the Register.