Explanatory note

These Regulations increase the fees payable by members of the public for inspecting agreements placed by the Director General of Fair Trading on the register kept by him under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976, and revoke the Registered Restrictive Trading Agreements (Inspection and Copy) (Fees) Regulations 1977. The fee for inspecting more than five agreements on the register is raised from #1 to #10; where five or fewer agreements on the register are inspected on any one day, the fee is raised from 20p to #1 for each agreement inspected.

The Regulations also increase the fees for supplying copies of, or extracts from, particulars on the register from 20p to 35p for each sheet so supplied. In addition, they provide for the charging of a fee for the certification by the Director General of Fair Trading of copies of, or extracts from, documents on the register as true copies or extracts. This fee is set at 35p for each sheet so certified.