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13Inspection of Electoral Commission's registers etc.
1
This section applies to any register kept by the Electoral Commission under paragraph 5 of schedule 4.
2
The Commission must make a copy of the register available for public inspection during ordinary office hours, either at the Commission's offices or at some convenient place appointed by them.
3
The Commission may make other arrangements for members of the public to have access to the contents of the register.
4
If requested to do so by any person, the Commission must supply the person with a copy of the register or any part of it.
5
The Commission may charge such reasonable fee as they may determine in respect of—
a
any inspection or access allowed under subsection (2) or (3), or
b
any copy supplied under subsection (4).
6
Subsections (2) to (5) apply in relation to any document a copy of which the Commission are for the time being required to make available for public inspection by virtue of paragraph 25, 44 or 62 of schedule 4 as they apply in relation to any register falling within subsection (1).
7
Where any register falling within subsection (1) or any document falling within subsection (6) is held by the Commission in electronic form, any copy—
a
made available for public inspection under subsection (2), or
b
supplied under subsection (4),
must be made available, or (as the case may be) supplied, in a legible form.