General Identification Card Regulations

Regulation
Registration
R-020-2000
Source
Unofficial consolidation PDF (justice.gov.nt.ca)
Under
Motor Vehicles Act

This is an unofficial reading copy parsed from the Department of Justice consolidation PDF above — itself an office consolidation, not an official statement of the law. The authoritative text is in the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988 and the annual Statutes volumes.

  • s.1 amended by R-019-2026,s.2 in force Jan. 31, 2026
  • s.2 amended by R-053-2016,s.2 in force May 1, 2016
  • s.2 amended by R-101-2016,s.2
  • s.2 amended by R-010-2020,s.2
  • s.3 repealed by R-028-2013,s.2 in force May 1, 2013
  • s.sched_1 amended by R-019-2026, s.3 in force Jan. 31, 2026
  • s.sched_2 amended by R-019-2026, art. 3 in force Jan. 31, 2026
Contents
1. 1 2. 2 3. Repealed SCHEDULE ANNEXE
1.

(1) The Registrar shall verify the identity of an applicant for a general identification card or an existing identification card holder using technological means of identity verification referred to in Schedule A.

(2) A general identification card issued by the Registrar must contain the following information:

(a) full name;

(b) date of birth;

(c) designation of sex;

(d) height;

(e) weight;

(f) eye colour;

(g) hair colour;

(h) residential address including street name;

(i) signature;

(j) facial photograph.

(3) Subject to section 307.4 of the Act, a general identification card expires on the birthday of the card holder in the fifth calendar year after the end of the calendar year in which the card is issued. R-019-2026,s.2.

2.

(1) The fee for a general identification card

(a) for persons under 60 years of age, is $51; and

(b) for persons 60 years of age or older, is $26.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), the fee to replace a lost, stolen, destroyed or illegible general identification card

(a) for persons under 60 years of age, is $31; and

(b) for persons 60 years of age or older, is $15.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the fee to change the name or address on a general identification card

(a) for persons under 60 years of age, is $31; and

(b) for persons 60 years of age or older, is $15.

(4) The Registrar may, if he or she considers it appropriate, waive the payment of fees payable under this section. R-053-2016,s.2; R-101-2016,s.2; R-010-2020,s.2.

3.

Repealed, R-028-2013,s.2.

SCHEDULE

TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS OF

I II

Item Technology

1 Facial Recognition

R-019-2026, s.3.

ANNEXE

MÉTHODE TECHNOLOGIQUE DE

I II

No. Technologie

1 Reconnaissance faciale

R-019-2026, art. 3.