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) or 13B(3) [F3, (3B) or (3D)] of the 1983 Act altering the register.]
[F4(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
F1Reg. 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))
F2Reg. 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))
F3Words 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))
F4Reg. 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)
C1Reg. 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
C2Reg. 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))
C3Reg. 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
C4Reg. 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)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 7 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)