Information etc
Section 20 Inspection
112.Section 20 provides for a right of public access to the commons registers, and to records held in connection with applications for registration under Part 1 or under the 1965 Act. Regulations may be made under subsection (2) which provide for exceptions to the right, or which place conditions on the exercise of the right, including, as under subsection (3), the payment of fees.
Section 21 Official copies
113.Section 21 provides for the admissibility in evidence, and the issue, of official copies. There is no provision in section 21 or elsewhere in Part 1 for official searches of the register (for which purpose regulations were made under the 1965 Act): it is expected that instead, non-statutory provision will be made for searches in an amendment to form CON29 Part II published by the Law Society.
