18.—(1) Article 15 is amended as follows.
(2) Omit paragraph 1.
(3) For paragraph 2, substitute—
“2. The United Kingdom competent authority shall keep for at least three years the authenticated copies provided for under Article 12(4) as well as all information received from an exporter to justify the issue and validation of a United Kingdom certificate.
The United Kingdom competent authority shall provide the Chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme with access to those authenticated copies of this information as necessary for the monitoring or facilitation of the KP certification scheme.”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 18 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1