Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021
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65 Public register
65 Public register
(1) The regulator must keep a public register in accordance with this section.
(2) The regulator must record the following information in the register—
(a) details of compliance notices issued or revoked under this Act or the regulations,
(b) details of exemptions granted by the regulator under this Act,
(c) details of convictions for prosecutions initiated by the regulator under this Act,
(d) details of penalty notices issued under this Act or the regulations,
(e) the outcome of civil proceedings initiated by the regulator under this Act,
(f) other details or information prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The regulator may record the name of an individual or business in the register, including a name under which an individual or business trades.
(4) The regulator may remove exemptions that are no longer in force from the register.
(5) The register may be kept only in electronic form.
(6) An extract of the register may be made available on request by a person.
(7) The regulations may specify the following—
(a) the means by which the register may be inspected,
(b) when copies may be obtained,
(c) fees for the inspection of the register,
(d) fees for copies of parts of the register,
(e) that the register, or a part of the register, may be made publicly available.
(8) In this section—
details of a matter means—
(a) particulars of the matter, or
(b) a copy of the matter, or
(c) an electronic or other reproduction of the matter.