4Permission of Secretary to use Collection

4 Permission of Secretary to use Collection

(1)  A person may apply to the Secretary for permission to do one or more of the following:

(a) to use, handle, copy, reproduce or remove an item of the Collection;

(b) to enter a part of the reserved areas while that part is closed in accordance with regulation 9(1) .

(2)  An application under subregulation (1) is to be in a form approved by the Secretary.

(3)  After considering an application under subregulation (1) , the Secretary may –

(a) approve the application and grant permission for the applicant to undertake the activity specified in the application, if the Secretary considers the activity to be appropriate for research purposes; or

(b) refuse the application.

(4)  If the Secretary grants permission under subregulation (3)(a) in respect of an activity, the Secretary may do one or more of the following, as specified in the permission, as the Secretary considers appropriate:

(a) impose terms on the permission or activity;

(b) impose conditions on the permission or the activity;

(c) make a term, or condition, imposed under this regulation, limited or unlimited in application;

(d) cancel or amend a term, or condition, imposed under this regulation at any time, by written notice to the holder of the permission.