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16.—(1) Any member of the public may—
(a)inspect and make copies of any statement of accounts prepared by a local government body pursuant to regulations under Article 24;
(b)inspect and make copies of any report (other than an immediate report) made to the body by [F2the local] government auditor;
(c)require copies of any such statement or report to be delivered to him on payment of a reasonable sum for each copy.
(2) A document which a person is entitled to inspect under this Article may be inspected at all reasonable times and without payment.
(3) A person who has the custody of any such document and—
(a)obstructs a person in the exercise of a right under this Article to inspect or make copies of the document, or
(b)refuses to give copies of the document to a person entitled under this Article to obtain them,
is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4) References in this Article to copies of a document include references to any part of it.
F1Word in art. 16 heading substituted (2.6.2014) by Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 8), s. 129, Sch. 7 para. 13(3) (with s. 124(4)); S.R. 2014/153, art. 2, Sch. 1
F2Words in art. 16(1)(b) substituted (2.6.2014) by Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 8), s. 129, Sch. 7 para. 13(2) (with s. 124(4)); S.R. 2014/153, art. 2, Sch. 1
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