Summary
What this law does
Creates criminal offences for possessing, making, or controlling false or improperly obtained identity documents and apparatus without reasonable excuse or with improper intention, defines identity documents and personal information, and empowers the Secretary of State to require specified public bodies and qualifying credit reference agencies to verify passport application data.
Why it matters to Signicat and its customers
No Signicat-specific relevance narrative is stored for this instrument; the stored applicability is shown below.
Who is bound: person ("P"); Secretary of State; qualifying credit reference agency; a Minister of the Crown; a government department; a Northern Ireland department; the Welsh Ministers; the Registrar General for England and Wales; the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland; the Registrar General of Births and Deaths in Northern Ireland · Regulators: Secretary of State
- Banking Finance
- Creates criminal liability around handling false identity documents relevant to customer onboarding, identity verification procedures, and credit reference agency verification.
- Public Sector Health
- Applies criminal document offences and statutory powers for government departments, Registrars General, and Ministers to verify applicant data for passports.
- Services
- Criminalises possession and use of false identity documents, directly affecting conveyancers, trust/company service providers, and legal professionals conducting customer due diligence.