Regulation 3 Items and records (including an excise duty account) to be kept and preserved
A revenue trader who receives, prepares, maintains or issues an item described in Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall—
(a)
in the case of a received item, keep and preserve the item;
(b)
in the case of an issued item, keep and preserve a copy of the item; and
(c)
in the case of an item that is prepared or maintained and which has not been received or which is not issued, preserve the item.