Part VOther provisions about the Assembly
Miscellaneous
119Publication and inspection of documents
1
Where the Assembly publishes any document, it shall make a copy of the document available for public inspection.
2
Where the Assembly makes any document available for public inspection—
a
the document shall be made available for such inspection free of charge, and
b
(subject to subsection (3)) members of the public shall be afforded facilities for obtaining copies of the document (or of any part of it).
3
The Assembly may make a charge for supplying copies of (or of any part of) any document which it publishes or makes available for public inspection.
4
Subsections (2) and (3) have effect subject to any provision contained in, or made under, any enactment which provides for—
a
the making of charges for the inspection of documents,
b
the making of charges for supplying copies of documents (or parts of documents), or
c
the supply of copies of documents (or parts of documents) free of charge.
5
An Assembly member shall be entitled to a single free copy of any document such as is mentioned in subsection (3).
6
Neither subsection (2)(b) nor subsection (5) requires or authorises the doing of any act which infringes the copyright in any work; but nothing done in pursuance of subsection (2)(b) or (5) constitutes an infringement of Crown copyright.
7
Subsection (4) does not authorise the inclusion in the standing orders of provision contrary to subsection (2).