# The Rural Enterprise Regulations 2000, Regulation 9: Record keeping


(1) A beneficiary shall keep any invoice, account or other document relating to an approved project for the period of six years beginning with the day on which the last payment of financial assistance under these Regulations is made to him in connection with that project, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) If a beneficiary transfers the original of any such document to another person in the normal course of business, he shall instead keep a copy of that document for that period.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the document has been removed by any person lawfully authorised to remove it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3043/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rural-enterprise-regulations-2000/regulation-9
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