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2 Cancellation of ID cards etc
(1)No ID cards are to be issued by the Secretary of State at any time on or after the day on which this Act is passed.
(2)All ID cards that are valid immediately before that day are to be treated as cancelled by the Secretary of State at the end of the period of one month beginning with that day.
(3)As soon as reasonably practicable after that day, the Secretary of State must send a letter to every cardholder—
(a)informing the cardholder that the cardholder's ID card is to be treated as cancelled as mentioned in subsection (2), and
(b)providing the cardholder with such information about the consequences of its cancellation as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(4)A letter under subsection (3) must be sent to the address recorded (at the time it is sent) in the National Identity Register as the address of the cardholder's principal place of residence in the United Kingdom.
(5)For the purposes of this section a person is a “cardholder” if—
(a)an ID card has been issued to the person, and
(b)the ID card is valid immediately before the day on which this Act is passed.
(6)In this section “ID card” has the same meaning as in the Identity Cards Act 2006.
Full captured verbatim text
(1) No ID cards are to be issued by the Secretary of State at any time on or after the day on which this Act is passed. (2) All ID cards that are valid immediately before that day are to be treated as cancelled by the Secretary of State at the end of the period of one month beginning with that day. (3) As soon as reasonably practicable after that day, the Secretary of State must send a letter to every cardholder— (a) informing the cardholder that the cardholder's ID card is to be treated as cancelled as mentioned in subsection (2), and (b) providing the cardholder with such information about the consequences of its cancellation as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (4) A letter under subsection (3) must be sent to the address recorded (at the time it is sent) in the National Identity Register as the address of the cardholder's principal place of residence in the United Kingdom. (5) For the purposes of this section a person is a “cardholder” if— (a) an ID card has been issued to the person, and (b) the ID card is valid immediately before the day on which this Act is passed. (6) In this section “ID card” has the same meaning as in the Identity Cards Act 2006.