Confirmation of Identity and Residence

In accordance with requirements of current Money Laundering Regulations and in common with all other Banks and Building Societies we require to confirm identification and residence of all new members. We hope that you will not be offended by the checks necessary to discourage money laundering by criminals seeking to undermine the security of the Society and the protection of your investment.

Where you are applying as a new member of the Society, please provide one form of documentary evidence of identity, and one form of documentary evidence of residence.

Documentary evidence of identity:

a)	Current full passport
b)	Current full UK or EEA driving licence
c)	EEA member state identity card
d)	Northern Ireland Voter's Card
e)	Residence permit issued by the Home Office to EU Nationals on sight of their own country passport
f)	Benefit book or original notification letter from relevant benefits agency confirming benefits or state pension
g)	Self-Employed in the Construction Industry photographic registration card
h)	Inland Revenue tax notification e.g. tax assessment, statement of account, notice of coding
i)	Shotgun or firearms certificate

Documentary evidence of address:

a)	Electoral Register search confirming applicant lives at stated address
b)	Recent utility bill or statement
c)	Local authority tax bill for current year
d)	Current full UK or EEA driving licence (see below)
e)	EEA member state identity card (see below)
f)	Local council rent card or tenancy agreement
g)	Benefit book or original notification letter from relevant benefits agency confirming benefits or state pension (see below)
h)	Inland revenue correspondence (see below)

Note that items d, e g and h may only be accepted as evidence of address if the same method has not been used as evidence of identity.

In the case of personal identity documents, please do not send originals in the post. Certified copies will be acceptable where they are countersigned by a regulated or professional person covered by money laundering regulations, such as a solicitor, bank official etc., or working for a government department. Contact details for the countersignatory must also be provided, should it become necessary to contact them.

In the case of passports, in order to comply with guidance issued by HMSO, photocopies of the personal details page of a UK passport may be made for the purposes of record keeping by the following persons:

a)	The holder/owner of the passport
b)	Notaries, solicitors, banks, UK Government departments
c)	Any person or institution subject to the Money Laundering Regulations for the purpose of certifying that the identification checks required under those Regulations have been made