Regulation 7 Copies of documents

Northern Ireland

(1)

Where a document is made available for inspection under these Regulations, any person may make a copy (whether hand-written or by other means) of the whole or any part of it.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply to the full register.

(3)

A person inspecting the full register may not—

(a)

make copies of any part of it; or

(b)

record any particulars included in it,

otherwise than by means of hand-written notes.

(4)

A person who inspects the full register and makes a copy of it or records any particulars included in it otherwise than by means of hand-written notes shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(5)

In this regulation “full register” includes—

(a)

any part of it; and

(b)

any notice published under section 13A(2) or 13BA(3),(6) or (9) of the 1983 Act^f1 altering the register.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Sections 13A and 13B were substituted by Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act and section 13BA was inserted by section 6 of the Miscellaneous Provisions Act.