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Records to be kept by registered persons.
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10.—(1) It shall be the duty of every person registered in any register kept by the Agency to keep or cause to be kept at such premises as may be prescribed the prescribed records in the prescribed form and to make or cause to be made in every such record the prescribed entries at or within the prescribed times.
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(2) Every record kept at any premises in pursuance of this section may be inspected by an inspector at any time during which business is being carried on and it shall be the duty of the person liable under this section to keep the record—
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(a) to produce it for the inspection of the inspector on demand and also all invoices, consignment notes, receipts and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available), and other records including information stored in a non-legible form in a computer reasonably demanded by the inspector for the purpose of verifying any entry in or explaining any omission from the record,
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(b) to permit the inspector to take copies of the record or other document or extracts therefrom and in the case of such record or information being held in a non-legible form in a computer, to provide the inspector with a copy or extract from such record or information in a permanent legible form.
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(3) If any person liable under this section to keep a record—
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(a) fails to keep or cause to be kept such record as is required by this section, or
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(b) fails to make or cause to be made in the record within the prescribed time any entry required to be made therein, or
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(c) fails to produce or cause to be produced for the inspection of an inspector on demand any record, document or copy of a document which that person is required by this section so to produce, or obstructs an inspector in the making of such inspection, or
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(d) prevents the inspector from taking copies of records or documents or extracts therefrom in accordance with subsection (2) (b), or
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(e) makes or causes to be made in the record any entry which is false or misleading in any material particular,
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that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.
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(4) A demand for an inspection of a record or of any other document reasonably demanded by an inspector under this section shall be deemed to have been duly made to the person liable under this section to keep the record if made verbally at the prescribed premises to any individual in the employment of such person.
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(5) A refusal or failure to produce a record required by this section to be kept at any premises, or of any other document reasonably demanded by an inspector under this section for the purpose of verifying any entry in or any omission from the record, if made or committed by an individual in the employment of the person liable under this section to produce the record or document, shall be deemed to have been made or committed by that person.
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