| weights and measures – technical verifications |
6 years |
creation |
UCAS requirement |
| weights and measures – metrology tests |
6 years |
creation |
UCAS requirement |
| simple caution reports |
6 years |
creation |
local decision |
| RIPA authorisations |
3 years |
creation |
RIPA Codes of Practice |
| returns of legal proceedings – lifetime banning order |
permanent |
from date ban enforced |
Limitation Act 1980 |
| returns of legal proceedings |
6 years (or longer if ban over six years) |
last court date |
Limitation Act 1980 |
| premises visit reports |
6 years |
date of visit |
reasonable precautions and due diligence evidence |
| premises licences – underage alcohol sales enforcement |
3 years then review |
creation |
Licensing Act 2003 Section 5 |
| legal reports and original court documents |
3 months unless notice of appeal - review file then return original to owners if necessary |
last court date |
best practice - appeals against conviction |
| premises inspection histories |
permanent |
creation |
local decision |
| poisons – sale of |
permanent - annual checks |
creation |
Local Government Act 1972 |
| petroleum storage licenses – annual fee |
5 years |
creation |
Local Government Act 1972 |
| petroleum sites – required for future surveys for development work |
permanent |
creation |
local decision |
| legal reports and documents – first copy and remaining originals |
6 years |
last court date |
Limitation Act 1980 |
| home authority file – BWC applications |
6 years |
creation |
Limitation Act 1980 |
| home authority files – audit forms |
6 years |
creation |
Limitation Act 1980 |
| home authority file – companies with registered office in Devon |
6 years |
creation |
Limitation Act 1980 |
| food sampling |
6 years |
creation |
Food Safety Act |
| financial investigations |
3 years unless forming part of a legal report or confiscation proceeding |
creation |
Lord Chancellor's Code of Practice on Records Management
Data Protection Act |
| explosives storage register |
current |
creation |
Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations (MSER) 2005 |
| business advice – service warnings and others |
6 years |
creation |
Local decision - may contain personal data |
| animal registration/license – farm animals – TB restrictions |
current |
creation |
Agriculture Act 1970 |
| animal movement licenses – sheep |
3 years |
creation |
Local Government Act 1972 |
| animal movement licenses – pigs |
6 years |
creation |
Local Government Act 1972 |
| animal feed sampling |
6 years |
creation |
Agriculture Act 1970 |
