12 Duties and functions of the registrar
1 The appropriate registrar shall keep for each registered society a file of documents relating to that society and shall make the file available for inspection during office hours by the public on payment of the appropriate fee.
2 The file shall consist of the registered rules of the society, annual returns submitted under section 39 of the 1965 Act, notices submitted under Regulation 11 of these Regulations and such other classes of documents submitted under the 1965 Act, the 1967 Act or these Regulations as the Chief Registrar shall direct in accordance with section 72(1) of the 1965 Act to be kept on the file together with documents deposited by the society with the appropriate registrar under section 24 of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and any notice served on the appropriate registrar under section 47(3) of that Act.
3 The appropriate registrar shall also keep for each society whose rules have been recorded by him a file containing those rules and shall make the file available for inspection in the same way as the file of a registered society.