Nick Odell
2017-09-14 22:54:21 UTC
I think that the last time this was discussed on uk.legal.moderated
was about nine years ago and the situation, complicated by more recent
government requirements, seems just as unclear to me now as it did
then.
So... Googling 2017 results shows that there are still people saying
that you can't make colour photocopies of a passport and others - for
example, in the University of Liverpool's advice to its students -
which insist that only a colour photocopy will do.
I would like to make a photocopy of and laminate the personal
information page of my passport to use as informal identification when
out and about in places I wouldn't want to take my genuine passport.
Those places are not in Europe or that part of Europe currently known
as the UK. Is it legal for me to copy that page from my passport here
in the UK? Is it legal for a commercial company to do this for me in
the UK or will I just have to wait until I arrive in forn parts and
have them do it there?
Nick
was about nine years ago and the situation, complicated by more recent
government requirements, seems just as unclear to me now as it did
then.
So... Googling 2017 results shows that there are still people saying
that you can't make colour photocopies of a passport and others - for
example, in the University of Liverpool's advice to its students -
which insist that only a colour photocopy will do.
I would like to make a photocopy of and laminate the personal
information page of my passport to use as informal identification when
out and about in places I wouldn't want to take my genuine passport.
Those places are not in Europe or that part of Europe currently known
as the UK. Is it legal for me to copy that page from my passport here
in the UK? Is it legal for a commercial company to do this for me in
the UK or will I just have to wait until I arrive in forn parts and
have them do it there?
Nick