In accordance with section 38(7) of the Identity Cards Act 2006, a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Verification of Information in Passport Applications Etc.(Specified Persons) Order 2007 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order —

“the 2006 Act” means the Identity Cards Act 2006 .

Specified Persons

2. —(1) The following persons are specified for the purposes of section 38 of the 2006 Act (verifying information provided with passport applications etc. ) —

(a) the Registrar General for England and Wales; and

(b) a credit reference agency with which the Secretary of State acting through the Identity and Passport Service has at the relevant time a contract for the supply of services relating to the provision of information concerning the identity of individuals.

(2) In this article —

“credit reference agency” means a person carrying on a business comprising the furnishing of information relevant to the financial standing of individuals, being information collected by the agency for that purpose; and

“the relevant time” means the time when the particular requirement is imposed.

Enforcement of duty

3. The duty which is imposed by section 38(2) of the 2006 Act on a person specified in this Order on whom a requirement to provide information is imposed, is owed to the person imposing the requirement.

4. The duty referred to in article 3 is enforceable in civil proceedings —

(a) for an injunction;

(b) for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988( 2 ); or

(c) for any other appropriate remedy or relief.