The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 2002

Access to information relating to members of the Commission

2.—(1) The Commission shall maintain a register containing the name and address of every member of the Commission and of every committee appointed by the Commission.

(2) A written summary of the rights—

(a)to attend meetings of the Commission and its committees, and

(b)to inspect and copy, and be furnished with, documents relating to the Commission or its committees,

which are for the time being conferred by virtue of Part 1 shall be kept at the offices of the Commission.

(3) The register maintained by the Commission under paragraph (1) and the summary kept by it under paragraph (2) shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable hours and without payment at the offices of the Commission, and any person may, on payment of such reasonable fee as the Commission may determine—

(a)make copies of or extracts from any such register or summary kept by it; and

(b)require the Commission to supply him, before the end of the period of three days beginning with the day on which the request is made, with a photographic copy of, or extracts from, any such register or summary.