Clause 19 - Use for purposes of public authorities etc.
Identity Cards Bill
3:30 pm
Alistair Carmichael (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Orkney and Shetland, Liberal Democrat)
I beg to move amendment No. 178, in clause 19, page 17, line 10, leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—
‘(2)The provision of information is authorised in this section where it is—
(a)the provision of information to the Director-General of the Security Service, the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, the Director of the Government Communications Headquarters, the Director-General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, a chief officer of police; and
(b)it is—
(i)in the interests of national security; or
(ii)for the purposes connected with the prevention or detection of crime.’.