Passports Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Obligations Relating to Identifying Information
53. Interpretation of this Part
Feedback & supportIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“disclose”, in relation to identifying information that is a personal identifier, includes providing access to the identifying information;“identifying information” means —
personal identifier
“personal identifier” means any of the identifiers specified in the Schedule (including any in digital form).(2) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, amend the Schedule, except that any other personal identifier so prescribed in the order must —(a)be an image of, or a measurement or recording of, an external part of the human body or a person’s voice; and(b)not be an identifier the obtaining of which would involve the taking of an intimate sample within the meaning of section 13A of the Registration of Criminals Act 1949. In this Act,
any personal identifier;
any meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier;
any record of a result of analysing any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier; or
any other information, derived from any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier, or from any record of a kind mentioned in paragraph (c), that could be used to discover a particular person’s identity or to get information about a particular person.
“disclose”, in relation to identifying information that is a personal identifier, includes providing access to the identifying information;
“identifying information” means —
any personal identifier;
any meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier;
any record of a result of analysing any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier; or
any other information, derived from any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier, or from any record of a kind mentioned in paragraph (c), that could be used to discover a particular person’s identity or to get information about a particular person.