# The Police Act 1997 (Provisions in relation to the NCIS Service Authority) Order 1998, Article J3: Separate account of expenditure on publicity


(1) The Authority shall keep a separate account of its expenditure on publicity.
(2) Any person interested may at any reasonable time and without payment inspect the account and make copies of it or any part of it.
(3) A person having custody of the account who intentionally obstructs a person in the exercise of the rights conferred by paragraph (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) Where the Secretary of State by order provides that, sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Local Government Act 1986 does not apply to publicity or expenditure by a local authority of a prescribed description then paragraph (1) above shall not apply to expenditure of that description by the Authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/633/article/J3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-provisions-in-relation-to-the-ncis-service-authority-order-1998/article-J3
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