Whether the use of the national identity register for devolved purposes in Scotland would require a specific Act of the Scottish Parliament.

The bill allows the Secretary of State to make provision in future for information from the national identity register to be disclosed to public authorities, including possibly public authorities in Scotland. It is for the Secretary of State to determine the circumstances in which he will disclose information from the reserved register. The Scottish Parliament could not legislate so as to require or prevent him from disclosing information from the register.
However, the use to which any disclosed information could be put would depend on the existing powers and duties of the bodies concerned. In devolved areas, an Act of the Scottish Parliament could make provision for the way in which information received from the Register is to be used for purposes connected with devolved policy areas.