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Regulation 38 Preservation of recordsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

This regulation applies to records kept—

(a)

under section 52(6) of the Act;

(b)

under regulation 4(4)(c) of the Plastic Packaging Tax (Descriptions of Products Regulations 2021f1; or

(c)

under any relevant provision.

(2)

Where the record relates to an accounting period that record must be preserved for a period of 6 years beginning with the last day of that accounting period.

(3)

In any other case, the record must be preserved for a period of 6 years beginning with the day on which the record is created.

(4)

In this regulation, a “relevant provision” means any requirement in these Regulations to keep records, except under—

(i)

Chapter 2 of Part 3 (tax credits);

(ii)

regulation 36 (requirement to keep accounts); or

(iii)

Part 6 (repayments).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 38 in force at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2021/1417.