The defendants sought leave to appeal their convictions for having in their possession false identity documents with the intention to use them to establish a fact registrable under the Act, saying that since the Act had not yet implemented any register they could not be guilty.
Held: Leave was refused. The definitions in the section did not require there to be in existence the register: ‘There was nothing in the definition of ‘registrable fact’ in section 1(5) of the 2006 Act that required there to be a register in existence. ‘
Judges:
Lord Justice Hooper, Mr Justice Gibbs and Mr Justice Roderick Evans
Citations:
Times 07-Feb-2007
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Crime
Updated: 17 May 2022; Ref: scu.248917