10.—(1) Where an authorised person is in possession of personal records which have been obtained for the purposes of a joint inspection and which are no longer required for those purposes that person shall, not later than the date specified in paragraph (2)–
(a)in the case of principal records, return them to the person or body from which they were obtained; or
(b)in any other case, destroy them.
(2) The date specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) is the later of one year after–
(a)the date upon which the report of the joint inspection is submitted to the Scottish Ministers; or
(b)if the report is published, the date of publication.