I take it a birth certificate doesn't count as a first tier ID anymore, then? It has to be some kind of photo ID?RogerOThornhill wrote:Oh quite - I remember when the rules were brought in and having to take my passport into work. But then I was a signatory on the main plc account - I remember having to authorise a £200m payment when we were buying a company.gilsey wrote: That's not new, bank id checks for charity/company signatories have been usual for years, 'money laundering' regulations. Nightmare to arrange if you want to change banks.
I can see why it's necessary for large orgs but a Guide account? There might be a couple of thousand passing through that account every year - just seems a bit over the top.
Not everyone has a passport and not everyone drives...
It's strange how vehement the Tories were about how everyone having a photo ID was this terrible thing that New Labour was trying to impose, yet here we are pretty much unable to do anything without a photo ID.