{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-funds-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-funds-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111030332",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-funds-scotland-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Retention of information",
  "text": "(1) A local authority is to retain, in respect of every fund application—\n(a) the information specified in regulation 15(1);\n(b) full details of—\n(i) facts taken into account in making a decision on the application;\n(ii) any information gathered in connection with the application but which the authority subsequently decided was not relevant for the purpose of making its decision; and\n(c) any contact between the authority and the applicant in relation to the application.\n(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) is to be retained by the local authority until 6 years after the end of the financial year in which the fund application was made.\n(3) In paragraph (2), “financial year” means a period of 12 months ending on 31st March.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111030332/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:34:38.481130+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}