PART 1GENERAL, INTERPRETATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

Copies of documents7

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 Act12 altering the register.