Part 2Licensing authorities
Functions of licensing authorities etc.
8Requirement to keep a register
1
Each licensing authority must keep a register containing—
a
a record of each premises licence, club premises certificate and personal licence issued by it,
b
a record of each temporary event notice received by it,
c
the matters mentioned in Schedule 3, and
d
such other information as may be prescribed.
2
Regulations may require a register kept under this section to be in a prescribed form and kept in a prescribed manner.
3
Each licensing authority must provide facilities for making the information contained in the entries in its register available for inspection (in a legible form) by any person during office hours and without payment.
4
If requested to do so by any person, a licensing authority must supply him with a copy of the information contained in any entry in its register in legible form.
5
A licensing authority may charge such reasonable fee as it may determine in respect of any copy supplied under subsection (4).
6
The Secretary of State may arrange for the duties conferred on licensing authorities by this section to be discharged by means of one or more central registers kept by a person appointed pursuant to the arrangements.
7
The Secretary of State may require licensing authorities to participate in and contribute towards the cost of any arrangements made under subsection (6).