Information type	Keep for	Keep from	Legislation or business reason
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
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act authorisations	3 years	Creation	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 Code 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

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