Chapter III AUTHENTICATION OF CORE ENTRY

The State Government may, for the purpose of establishing the identity and the attributes of a core entity as a condition for receipt of a service for which the core data is required, require that such core entity to undergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of a UNICORE number or in the case of an entity for which no UNICORE number has been assigned, such entity or its owner, as the case may be, makes an application for issuance of a UNICORE number: Provided that if a UNICORE number is not assigned to an entity, the entity or the owner thereof as the case may be, shall be offered alternate and viable means of identification for delivery of the service.

1. (1) The Authority shall perform authentication of the UNICORE number of a core entity submitted by any requester, in relation to its core data, subject to such conditions and on payment of such fees and in such manner as may be specified by regulations.
2. (2) A requester shall, (a) unless otherwise provided in this Act, obtain the consent of the entity before collecting core data for the purposes of authentication in such manner as may be specified by regulations; and
   • (b) ensure that the core data of an entity is only used for submission to the Core Digital Data Repository for authentication.
3. (3) A requester shall inform, in such manner as may be specified by regulations, the core entity submitting its core data for authentication, the following details with respect to authentication, namely:, (a) the nature of information that may be shared upon authentication;
   • (b) the uses to which the information received during authentication may be put by the requester; and
   • (c) alternatives to submission of core data to the requester.
4. (4) The Authority shall respond to an authentication query with a positive, negative or any other appropriate response sharing such core data.

The UNICORE number or the authentication thereof shall not, by itself, confer any right of, or be proof of, ownership or rights in respect of the core entity.

The Authority may engage one or more entities to establish and maintain the Core Digital Data Repository and to perform any other functions as may be specified by regulations.