Regulation 6 Amendments to the Principal Regulations

In regulation 32(1) of the Principal Regulations for the words “at the employer’s premises” there shall be substituted—

“at such time as that officer may reasonably require at the prescribed place”.

After regulation 32(1) of the Principal Regulations there shall be inserted—

“(1A)

In paragraph (1) of this Regulation “the prescribed place” means—

(a)

such place in the United Kingdom as the employer and the authorised officer may agree upon; or

(b)

in default of such agreement, the place in the United Kingdom at which the documents and records referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of this Regulation are normally kept; or

(c)

in default of such agreement and if there is no such place as is referred to in sub-paragraph (b) above, the employer’s principal place of business in the United Kingdom.

(1B)

The authorised officer may—

(a)

take copies of, or make extracts from, any document produced to him for inspection in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Regulation;

(b)

if it appears to him to be necessary to do so, at a reasonable time and for a reasonable period, remove any document so produced, and, if he does so, shall provide a receipt for any documents so removed; and where a lien is claimed on a document produced in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Regulation the removal of the document under this sub-paragraph shall not be regarded as breaking the lien;

and where a document removed in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph is reasonably required for the proper conduct of a business the authorised officer shall, within 7 days, provide a copy of the document, free of charge, to the person by whom it was produced or caused to be produced.”.