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- art. 31(1) word substituted by S.I. 2025/82 Sch. 6 para. 4(2)(e)
- art. 31(2)(b) word substituted by S.I. 2025/82 Sch. 6 para. 4(2)(e)
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31.—(1) A person (“a relevant person”) who is required under article 29 F1... of this [F2Order, or Article 20(1) or (2) (record-keeping) of the retained dual-use Regulation or Article 27(1) or (2) (record-keeping) of the EU dual-use Regulation] to keep registers, records or documents (“compulsory records”) shall permit those compulsory records to be inspected and copied by a person authorised by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners.
(2) A person authorised by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners who produces, if required to do so, a duly authenticated document showing their authority, shall have the right at any reasonable hour to enter for the purpose of paragraph (1)—
(a)in the case of compulsory records required to be kept under article 29 F3... of this Order, the premises the address of which has been most recently notified to the Secretary of State under article 28 in relation to the records; or
(b)in the case of compulsory records required to be kept [F4under] [F5Article 20(1) or (2) (record-keeping) of the retained dual-use Regulation or Article 27(1) or (2) (record-keeping) of the EU dual-use Regulation], the premises the address of which has been most recently notified to the Secretary of State under article 28 in relation to the records or, if none, such other premises the address of which has been notified for this purpose.
(3) Where a relevant person keeps compulsory records in a form which is not legible, the relevant person shall at the request of a person authorised by the Secretary of State or the Commissioners reproduce the relevant records in a legible form.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 31(1) omitted (22.2.2017) by virtue of The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/85), arts. 1, 2(6)(a)
F2Words in art. 31(1) substituted (7.12.2022) by The Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1300), regs. 1(1), 7(a)
F3Words in art. 31(2)(a) omitted (22.2.2017) by virtue of The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/85), arts. 1, 2(6)(b)
F4Words in art. 31(2)(b) substituted (27.8.2009) by The Export Control (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2151), art. 1, Sch. para. 6(b)
F5Words in art. 31(2)(b) substituted (7.12.2022) by The Export Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1300), regs. 1(1), 7(b)
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