s.20Assignment of identification code
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Section 20Part 4 — ASSIGNMENT OF IDENTIFICATION CODE

Assignment of identification code

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The Registrar shall, on entering a registered person's information in the register, assign to that person an identification code.
The identification code shall be —
a unique identifier that is used to identify each registered person in the register; and
personal to the individual to whom it has been issued and may not be transferred or vested by operation of law in any person other than that individual.
The Registrar shall not issue more than one identification code for each registered person at any given time and therefore shall not cause or permit —
the formation of the same identification code for more than one registered person;
the formation of more than one identification code for each registered person; and
the formation of a previously used identification code for a different registered person.
An identification code that is assigned to a person under subsection (1) —
shall be assigned permanently to the registered person except where it is required to be changed —
as a result of the registered person having been a victim of identity theft; or
pursuant to the requirements of any other enactment; and
shall not be assigned or re-assigned to, or re-used by, any other person during the lifetime, or after the death, of the registered person.
The identification code shall not contain any personal data or identification information.

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identification coderegistered personregisterRegistrar

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