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Register of home condition reports
165Register of home condition reports
1
Where the provision mentioned in section 164(3) is made in relation to an approved certification scheme, regulations under section 163 may make provision for and in connection with a register of the home condition reports made by members of the scheme.
2
The regulations may provide for the register to be kept—
a
by (or on behalf of) the Secretary of State; or
b
by such other person as the regulations may specify.
3
The regulations may require a person wishing to enter a home condition report onto the register to pay such fee as may be prescribed.
4
No person may disclose—
a
the register or any document (or part of a document) contained in it; or
b
any information contained in, or derived from, the register,
except in accordance with any provision of the regulations which authorises or requires such a disclosure to be made.
5
The provision which may be made under subsection (1) includes (without prejudice to the generality of that subsection) provision as to circumstances in which or purposes for which a person or a person of a prescribed description—
a
may (on payment of such fee, if any, as may be prescribed)—
i
inspect the register or any document (or part of a document) contained in it;
ii
take or be given copies of the register or any document (or part of a document) contained in it; or
iii
be given information contained in, or derived from, the register; or
b
may disclose anything obtained by virtue of provision made under paragraph (a).
6
The purposes which may be so prescribed may be public purposes or purposes of private undertakings or other persons.
7
A person who contravenes subsection (4) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
8
Nothing in this section limits the power to make regulations under section 163.