The Forestry Challenge Funds (Scotland) Regulations 2008

Information and records

10.—(1) An applicant must–

(a) retain all invoices, accounts and other relevant documents in relation to the application and produce them for inspection if required to do so by the Forestry Commissioners or the Scottish Ministers; and

(b) provide such additional information in relation to the project or the grant monies paid in pursuance of that project as the Forestry Commissioners or the Scottish Ministers may require.

(2) The duties in paragraph (1) apply–

(a) in the case of a grant for the purchase of heritable property, for a period of ten years;

(b) in any other case, for a period of five years,

(in either case) following the last payment of grant under these Regulations.

(3) If the applicant transfers the original of any document referred to in paragraph (1) to another person in the normal course of business, the duty under paragraph (1) is treated as fulfilled if the applicant keeps a copy of that document for the applicable period.

(4) Paragraph (1) above does not apply to any document held by an authorised person which has been removed under regulation 11(4)(d).