228Inspection of registers

228 Inspection of registers

228 Inspection of registers

(1) The National Agency—

(a) must keep each register kept by a National Board under this Division open for inspection, free of charge, by members of the public—

(i) at its national office and each of its local offices during ordinary office hours; and

(ii) on the Agency’s website; and

(b) must give a person an extract from the register on payment of the relevant fee; and

(c) may give a person a copy of the register on payment of the relevant fee.

(2) The National Agency may give a person a copy of the register under subsection (1)(c) only if the Agency is satisfied it would be in the public interest to do so.

(3) The National Agency may waive, wholly or partly, the payment of a fee by a person under subsection (1)(b) or (c) if the Agency considers it appropriate in the circumstances.