MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                  Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                                          Chapter 11 Administration
                                                                     Part 4 General

                                                                            [s 542]

542      Inspection of register
        (1)   The relevant entity must, for a register mentioned in section
              540(1) or 540A(1), other than the environmental management
              register or contaminated land register—
              (a)    keep the register open for inspection by members of the
                     public during office hours on business days at the
                     entity’s relevant office for the administration of this Act;
                     and
              (b)    permit a person to take extracts from the register or, on
                     payment of the appropriate fee by a person, give the
                     person a copy of the register, or part of it.
        (2)   The fee for a copy of the register or part of it is the amount
              that—
              (a)    the relevant entity considers to be reasonable; and
              (b)    is not more than the reasonable cost of making the copy.
        (3)   The chief executive must, on payment of the fee prescribed
              under a regulation, permit members of the public to obtain
              extracts from the environmental management register or
              contaminated land register.

543      Appropriate fee for copies
        (1)   This section applies if, under this Act, the administering
              authority or other entity must, on payment of the appropriate
              fee to the entity, give a person a copy of a document, or a part
              of a document.
        (2)   The fee for the copy of the document or part of it is the
              amount that is the lesser of the following—
              (a)    for the chief executive—the amount the chief executive
                     decides is reasonable;
              (b)    otherwise—the amount the administering authority
                     decides is reasonable;



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