9Access to the register etc
(1)The General Council shall—
(a)make the register available for inspection by members of the public at all reasonable times; and
(b)publish the register before the end of the period of twelve months beginning with the opening of the register and at least once in every succeeding period of twelve months.
(2)Any person who asks the General Council for a copy of the most recently published register shall be entitled to have one on payment of such reasonable fee as the Council may determine.
(3)Subsection (2) shall not be taken as preventing the General Council from providing copies of the register free of charge whenever it considers it appropriate.
(4)Any copy of, or extract from, the published register shall be evidence (and in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the matters mentioned in it.
(5)A certificate purporting to be signed by the Registrar, certifying that a person—
(a)is registered in a specified category,
(b)is not registered,
(c)was registered in a specified category at a specified date or during a specified period,
(d)was not registered in a specified category, or in any category, at a specified date or during a specified period, or
(e)has never been registered,
shall be evidence (and in Scotland sufficient evidence) of the matters certified.