The Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

Copies of documents E+W

7.— [F1 (1)] Where a document is made available for inspection under these Regulations, any person may make a copy (whether hand-written or by other means) of the whole or any part of it.

[F2 (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the full register.

(3)  A person inspecting the full register may not—

(a) make copies of any part of it, or

(b) record any particulars included in it,

otherwise than by means of hand-written notes.

(4) A person who inspects the full register and makes a copy of it or records any particulars included in it otherwise than by means of hand-written notes shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(5)  In this regulation “full register” includes—

(a) any part of it; and

(b) any notice published under section 13A(2) [F3 ,13AB(2)] or 13B(3) [F4 , (3B) or (3D)] of the 1983 Act altering the register.]

[F5 (6) Paragraph (1) does not apply to copies of information covered by regulation 61(1) or to any of the documents open to public inspection under regulation 118.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 7 renumbered as reg. 7(1) (16.10.2002) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1871), regs. 2(2), 6(1) (with reg. 2(3))

F2 Reg. 7(2)-(5) inserted (16.10.2002) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1871), regs. 2(2), 6(2) (with reg. 2(3))

F3 Word in reg. 7(5)(b) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3198), regs. 1(4), 42; S.I. 2014/414, art. 3(b)

F4 Words in reg. 7(5)(b) inserted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 24(3) (with reg. 1(2)(3)(a))

F5 Reg. 7(6) inserted (1.1.2007) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2910), regs. 1(1), 54 (with reg. 1(2)(3)(d))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 7 applied (with modifications) (23.7.2004) by The Regional Assembly and Local Government Referendums Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1962), arts. 1(1), 6(1), Sch. 2 Pt. 3

C2 Reg. 7(1) modified (16.10.2002) by The Representation of the People (England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1871), regs. 2(2), 6(1) (with reg. 2(3))

C3 Reg. 7 applied (with modifications) (E.) (9.2.2012) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums)(England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/323), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 6

C4 Reg. 7 applied (with modifications) (E.) (18.2.2012) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/444), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 6 (with reg. 27)

C5 Reg. 7 applied (with modifications) (E.) (3.8.2012) by The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2031), regs. 1, 8, 12, 13, Sch. 4 Pt. 1 Table 6

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 7 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)