Clause 28 - Identity documents for the purposes of s. 27
Identity Cards Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Richard Allan (Shadow Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office; Sheffield, Hallam, Liberal Democrat)
The hon. Member for Woking made an important point and I am sure that the Minister will deal with it in summing up. However, I am keen to understand the precise relationship between clauses 28 and 27 in the hon. Gentleman's example, where an individual presents a forged driving licence to establish with a police officer, for example, that they are allowed to drive when they are not. Does that count as a clause 27 offence of seeking to demonstrate registrable facts, when it is separate from where I imagine the clause kicks in, which is when someone presents such a driving licence to get an identity card?
Do clauses 27 and 28 distinguish between the presentation of such information for another purpose, which is illegal but quite distinct from the precise purpose that I thought we were trying to tackle—in other words, somebody using a forged foreign driving licence to get on to the ID register with inaccurate and deliberately fraudulent details?