Regulation 18 Exclusion from public inspection
The class of person prescribed for the purposes of section 20A(3) of the Act (class of person who may apply to the registration officer for a determination that the entry relating to him be a special entry and excluded from the parts of the register open to public inspection) is any registered person in respect of whom there is reasonable cause to believe that he is or may be at risk of physical violence or threats of physical violence.
For the purposes of section 20A(4)(c) of the Act (manner in which and period within which the registration officer is required to determine an application under section 20A(3) of the Act for a determination that an entry be a special entry), the registration officer shall determine an application which is lodged with him —
on or before 31st December 1988, within the period of 3 months beginning on the day on which the application is so lodged; and
after that date, within the period of 2 months beginning on the day on which the application is so lodged,
and shall immediately thereafter notify the applicant in writing of his determination and of his reasons therefor.
For the purposes of section 20A(4) of the Act (period during which no application under section 20A(3) can be made after an application has been refused except with the approval of the registration officer), the period prescribed is a period of 12 months beginning on the day on which the application, which was refused, was finally determined for the purposes of section 20A of the Act.
An application under section 20A(8)(a) of the Act (application not to revoke the determination that an entry be a special entry —
shall be made in writing and shall —
state the name and address of the applicant,
specify the entry in the register to which the application relates,
set out all the reasons why the determination should not be revoked along with any evidence in support thereof,
state the date on which the application is made; and
be signed by the applicant or his agent, who shall state his name and address;
shall be lodged with the registration officer within a period of 28 days beginning with the day after the day on which the registration officer notifies the applicant under section 20A(8) that he is required to revoke the determination; and
shall be determined by the registration officer within the period of 2 months beginning on the day on which the application is made;
and the registration officer shall, immediately after making his determination of the application, notify the applicant in writing of his determination and of his reasons therefor.