17(1)A district or islands council shall cause to be kept a register of applications under this Section (in this paragraph referred to as " the register ") and shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after—
(a)the receipt of each application, cause details of such receipt; and
(b)their final decision on each application, cause details of that decision
to be entered in the register.
(2)The register shall include—
(a)a note of the terms of each licence granted by the district or islands council;
(b)a note of any revocation or variation of the terms or surrender of a licence.
(3)The register shall be open to the inspection of any member of the public at such reasonable times and places as may be determined by the authority and any member of the public may make a copy thereof or an extract therefrom.
(4)A district or islands council may, on payment of such fee as they may charge under paragraph 18 below, issue a certified true copy of any entry in the register ; and any document purporting to be certified by the proper officer of the council as a true copy of an entry shall be sufficient evidence of the terms of the original entry.