7.—(1) In regulation 6(1), “costs” means any costs to the local authority (including related salary costs and the costs of the creation and maintenance of records) reasonably incurred in connection with complying with a request for access to property records.
(2) In regulation 6(1), “costs” does not include—
(a)such costs as the local authority incurs in granting access to free statutory information; or
(b)such costs to the authority as are directly referable to the maintenance of free statutory information.