Alex White (Labour)

I move amendment No. 12:

In page 19, subsection (3), line 7, after "accordingly" to insert the following:

"; and a passport issued before the commencement of sections 6 and 7 shall not be deemed invalid solely on the grounds that it was not issued under any express power conferred by an enactment".

It appears that section 27(1) does not validate previous passports issued without statutory authority. The proposed new provision would clarify this matter by providing that a passport issued before the commencement of sections 6 and 7 shall not be deemed invalid solely on the grounds that it was not issued under any express power conferred by an enactment.