The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003

Provision of copies of register

33.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the Regulation and Improvement Authority shall secure that copies of any register kept for the purposes of this Part are available at its offices for inspection at all reasonable times by any person.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), any person who asks the Regulation and Improvement Authority for a copy of, or of an extract from, any register kept for the purposes of this Part shall be entitled to have one.

(3) Regulations may provide that paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply—

(a) in such circumstances as may be prescribed; or

(b) to such parts of a register as may be prescribed.

(4) A fee determined by the Regulation and Improvement Authority shall be payable for the copy except—

(a) in prescribed circumstances;

(b) in any other case where the Regulation and Improvement Authority considers it appropriate to provide the copy free of charge.