Part IVGeneral
Duties of local authorities F8etc
91AF1Registers to be kept by local authorities F9and the regulator
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A F3relevant authority shall keep in a register such information and documents as may be prescribed in connection with their functions, powers and duties conferred or imposed by or under this Act.
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The information and documents that may be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) above include, in particular—
a
b
copies of documents that are given, made or issued by a F5relevant authority in accordance with provision so made;
c
information with respect to documents of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);
d
information with respect to matters to which such documents relate.
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Information and documents that are required to be kept in a register under subsection (1) above shall be so kept for the prescribed period.
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A F4relevant authority—
a
shall maintain the register required under subsection (1) above in the prescribed manner;
b
shall ensure that the register is available for inspection by members of the public during prescribed periods;
c
shall, in prescribed circumstances, provide to members of the public, on request, copies of information and documents kept in the register;
d
may, in prescribed circumstances, charge a member of the public to whom they provide such copies a fee calculated in the prescribed manner.
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In this section—
“documents” includes notices, certificates, orders, consents, demands and plans;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the F10appropriate national authority under this section.
F7“relevant authority” means a local authority or the regulator.
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Word in s. 91 cross-heading inserted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 54; S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(xxii); S.I. 2024/207, reg. 2(d)(xi), Sch. (with regs. 3, 4, 8-12)