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Manner of keeping the register

3.—(1) The register shall be kept in electronic and paper form.

(2) The paper version of the register shall be kept at the principal office of the surveying authority.

(3) The register may be kept in parts so that each part—

(a)relates to land within a particular parish, ward or district; and

(b)contains the particulars to be included in the register under regulation 2 in respect of such land.

(4) In respect of the electronic version of the register, the surveying authority shall—

(a)make the register available for inspection by the public on its website or on a website maintained by the surveying authority for that purpose; and

(b)make provision to enable the register to be inspected at the principal office of the surveying authority.

(5) A surveying authority shall keep the register in such manner as is suitable to enable a copy of any of the particulars contained on the register to be taken by or for any person who requests a copy in person at the principal office of the surveying authority.

(6) An entry in the register covering the matters set out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) of regulation 2(1) shall be made by the later of:

(a)the date falling 28 days from the date such application is received by a surveying authority; and

(b)the relevant date,

and the register shall be updated as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event not before the relevant date) to take into account any of the matters set out in sub-paragraphs (g) to (l) of regulation 2(1).

(7) A surveying authority shall amend the register if it is satisfied that the register contains a material error.