It is intended that the cost of the National Identity Scheme, which includes the National Identity Register, will be primarily funded by fee revenue from the products and services that arise from the scheme, such as those from the applications to be entered in the register when obtaining a designated document, those from the issue of identity cards or those from the provision of identity checking services.
A schedule of fees for the national identity scheme cannot be finalised until contracts with suppliers connected to the operation of the scheme are signed. However, secondary legislation must be brought before Parliament to determine a schedule of fees in advance of the launch of the national identity scheme.
Until further detailed work with potential user organisations during the preparation and initial rollout of the National Identity Card Scheme are complete, it is not possible to provide a total number of likely verification transactions that will be used by public and private sector organisations in the first years of the scheme.