PART IGENERAL, INTERPRETATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

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F11

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.

F22

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) F513AB(2), or 13B(3) F3, (3B) or (3D) of the 1983 Act altering the register.

F46

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.