# The Local Authorities (England) (Charges for Property Searches) Regulations 2008, Regulation 4: Scope of regulations 5 and 8


(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), regulations 5 and 8 apply in respect of a local authority—
(a) granting access to property records; or
(b) answering enquiries about a property,
whether it does so under a power or duty, created or imposed by any enactment.
(2) Regulations 5 and 8 do not apply—
(a) to anything in respect of which a local authority may or must impose a charge apart from these Regulations; or
(b) in respect of access to free statutory information, except to the extent that a local authority is providing a service which is supplementary or incidental to that described in the enactment in question.
(3) Regulations 5 and 8 do not apply in respect of anything done in the course of exercising an excepted function.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110849942/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-local-authorities-england-charges-for-property-searches-regulations-2008/regulation-4
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