Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881

[F113 Registrar to enter returns in register.E+W+N.I.

(1)It is the duty of the registrar forthwith to register every return made under this Act in the register of newspaper proprietors.

(2)Any person may—

(a)inspect the register, or

(b)require a copy of any material on the register.

(3)The registrar may specify the form and manner—

(a)in which application is to be made for any such inspection or copy, and

(b)in which copies are to be provided.

(4)The applicant may require any copy so provided to be certified by the registrar as a true copy.

(5)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations (to be made by statutory instrument) as to the manner in which such a certificate is to be provided in a case where the copy is provided in electronic form.

(6)Copies provided by the registrar may, instead of being certified in writing to be an accurate record, be sealed with the registrar’s official seal.]