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PASS (the Proof of Age Standards Scheme) is a government-backed scheme in the United Kingdom that gives citizens a valid and accepted form of proof-of-age identification. The scheme is supported by the Home Office , the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) and the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC).
This service was established with the Elections Act 2022, which requires voter ID in English local, PCC, and UK-wide elections for the first time. [3] The lack of a national ID card in the UK and non-universal adoption of other forms of ID necessitated this service. The requirement is only for in-person voting at polling stations.
Compulsory for citizens 16 and older, and compulsory for all non-citizen permanent residents. The older form of Identity Document, in the form of a green booklet, began being phased out in 2013. [91] Although passports and driver's licences are also acceptable forms of identification, banks only accept a national identity card.
The House of Lords Constitution Committee said the UK Government should consider adding rail passes and other additional forms of photo ID to the list of proofs that will be accepted at polling ...
The requirement applies to UK general elections, English local elections, and police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales. [60] [61] In June 2023, the UK Electoral Commission found that 14,000 people were turned away from voting during the local elections in May for not having a required form of ID. [62]
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Long title: An Act to make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals and for the issue of cards capable of being used for identifying registered individuals; to make it an offence for a person to be in possession or control of an identity document to which he is not entitled, or of apparatus, articles or materials for making false identity documents; to amend the Consular ...
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