Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004

Licensing Authorities of secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers, and miscellaneous provisions - Registers

81: Public access to public registers

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"Viewing and copying public information is allowed at a fair cost"

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You can view the information in the public registers at reasonable times. The Licensing Authorities must make sure this information is available to you. They must also let you copy or buy the information at a reasonable cost.

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80: Content of certificate holders register, or

"What's in the certificate holders register?"

82: Police access to other information held by Licensing Authorities, or

"Police can ask for and get certain information from Licensing Authorities"

Part 4Licensing Authorities of secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers, and miscellaneous provisions
Registers

81Public access to public registers

All Licensing Authorities acting together must take all reasonable steps to ensure—
that the information contained in the public registers is available to members of the public to view at all reasonable times; and
that members of the public may copy or purchase all, or any part of, the information contained in the public registers at no more than a reasonable cost.

Notes

Section 81: amended, on 14 November 2018, by section 301 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).