Keeping, retention and production of records
8.—(1) An occupier who is not an exempt occupier shall–
(a)keep a record of the particulars specified in Part I of Schedule 5 relating to each regulated carcase which is classified in a regulated slaughterhouse occupied by that person; and
(b)keep a record of the particulars specified in Part II of Schedule 5 relating to each exempt carcase which is obtained in a regulated slaughterhouse occupied by that person.
(2) An exempt occupier shall keep a record of the particulars specified in Part III of Schedule 5.
(3) A person required, under paragraph (1) or (2) or under a Community provision, to keep a record shall–
(a)retain that record for a period of two years from the end of the calendar year to which the record relates; and
(b)upon demand by an authorised officer produce or cause to be produced the record for inspection by the authorised officer and shall permit that authorised officer to take copies and make extracts from it.