The Register of Fines Regulations 2003

Searches of the Register and certified copies

8.—(1) The Register must be open to members of the public to require searches to be carried out, and to obtain certified copies of such searches, in accordance with paragraph (2) between the hours of 10 am and 4 pm from Mondays to Fridays inclusive, except on Bank and Public holidays.

(2) On receipt of a request in writing and the charge payable for—

(a) a search of the Register to be made for entries against a named person or firm at a stated address or a named corporate body; or

(b) a periodical search of the Register to be made for entries relating to any of the following classes of fines—

(i) fines imposed by the Crown Court or by magistrates' courts, by each magistrates' court collecting fines;

(ii) fines imposed by the Crown Court or by magistrates' courts, by county;

(iii) if the Keeper agrees, fines of any other class specified in the request,

the Keeper of the Register must search the Register according to the request and report in writing the result of the search to the person making the request, and on receipt of a request in writing and the charge payable, issue to that person a certified copy of the result of the search.

(3) In this regulation a reference to “the charge payable” is to—

(a) the charge made by the officer designated by the Lord Chancellor as Keeper of the Register, fixed by the Lord Chancellor under section 98(4) of the Act, or

(b) when the Register is kept by a body corporate, the charge made by the body corporate within the maximum so fixed.