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Identity Cards Bill

The final part of Clause 3(3) states:"““there is to be a conclusive presumption for the purposes of this Act that the information to which the direction relates is accurate and complete information about that matter””." Is that wise? Would not the word ““presumption”” be perfectly adequate? If for any reason—and I cannot immediately imagine one—there was an issue in court where the accuracy of a fact that had been recorded was shown to be nonsense, would it mean that the court was bound by something which was completely inaccurate and consequently might find it very difficult to do justice? The wording seems to be unnecessarily strong and the word ““presumption”” would probably be sufficient.