The Genetically Modified Organisms (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

Public register of information N.I.

19.—(1) The Department shall maintain a register ( “the register”) containing prescribed particulars of or relating to—

(a) notices given or other information furnished under Article 5;

(b) directions given under Article 5(8);

(c) prohibition notices;

(d) applications for consents (and any further information furnished in connection with them);

(e) consents granted by the Department and any information furnished to it in pursuance of consent conditions;

(f) any other information obtained or furnished under any provision of this Order;

(g) convictions for such o& ffences under Article 15 as may be prescribed;

(h) such other matters relating to this Order as may be prescribed;

but that duty is subject to Article 20.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Department—

(a) to secure that the register is open to inspection by members of the public free of charge at all reasonable hours; and

(b) to afford to members of the public facilities for obtaining copies of entries, on payment of reasonable charges.

(3) The register may be kept in any form.

(4) The Department may make regulations with respect to the keeping of the register; and in this Article “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made by the Department.