Regulation 28 General provisions as to records

Save as the proper officer may otherwise allow, any records relating to the business of a methylator or authorised user shall be preserved for not less that 2 years.

If any of the records required to be kept by or under these Regulations are not made or preserved in a form which is easily readable or which is not readable without the aid of equipment, the person keeping those records shall, at the request of the proper officer, produce the information contained in those records in the form of a transcript or other permanent legible reproduction.

The methylator or authorised user shall produce to the proper officer and allow him to inspect, copy or take extracts from any records referred to in these Regulations and any transcript or other permanent legible reproduction required to be produced under paragraph (2) above and the proper officer shall be allowed to remove them at a reasonable time and for a reasonable period.