Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

Copies of documentsS

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) [F313AB(2),] or 13B(3) [F4, (3B) or (3D)] of the 1983 Act altering the register.]

[F5(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) (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(3) of the amending S.I.) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(2), 6(1)

F2Reg. 7(2)-(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(3) of the amending S.I.) by Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1872), regs. 2(2), 6(2)

F4Words in reg. 7(5)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 24(3)

F5Reg. 7(6) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/925), regs. 1(1), 42

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 7 in force at 16.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)