{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-information-pack-regulations-2007/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-information-pack-regulations-2007/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/992",
  "legislation_title": "The Home Information Pack Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-information-pack-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Comprehension of documents",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), pack documents and true copies of documents made in accordance with regulation 7—\n(a) must be legible; or\n(b) in the case of maps, plans or drawings, must be clear.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where, despite all reasonable efforts and enquiries by the responsible person—\n(a) the only version of a pack document available is one which is illegible or unclear (either in whole or in part); and\n(b) that document is to be included under any of the following provisions—\n(i) regulation 9(g)(ii) (documents relied on to deduce unregistered title);\n(ii) regulation 10(j) (documents referred to in the register of title);\n(iii) regulation 9(h) or 10(k) (required or authorised commonhold information); or\n(iv) regulation 9(i) or 10(l) (required or authorised leasehold information).\n(3) Pack documents must be in—\n(a) English, where the property is in England; or\n(b) English, Welsh or a combination of English and Welsh, where the property (or part of the property) is in Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/992/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:56:31.349662+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}