# The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012, Paragraph 13: Business registration officer’s right to inspect records


(1) A business registration officer is authorised to inspect, for the purposes of that officer’s duties in connection with the business referendum, records kept (in whatever form) by—
(a) an authority listed in sub-paragraph (2), or
(b) any person authorised to exercise any function of, any such authority.
(2) Those authorities are—
(a) the council by which the business registration officer was appointed,
(b) if the referendum area comprises any part of the area of more than one relevant council, any other relevant council; and
(c) any registrar of births and deaths.
(3) A business registration officer is authorised to make copies of information contained in such records.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2031/schedule/6/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/neighbourhood-planning-referendums-regulations-2012/schedule-6/paragraph-13
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