32Storage of records

32 Storage of records

(1) A titleholder must store the environment plan in force for an activity in a way that makes retrieval of the environment plan reasonably practicable.

(2) A titleholder must store a version of an environment plan for an activity that was previously in force in a way that makes retrieval of the version reasonably practicable.

(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply if it is more than 5 years after the day on which the version of the environment plan ceased to be in force (whether because the plan was revised, acceptance of the plan was withdrawn, or the operation of the plan ended).

(4) A titleholder who creates a document or other record specified in subregulation (6) must store the document or record in a way that makes retrieval of the document or record reasonably practicable.

(5) Subregulation (4) does not apply if it is more than 5 years after the day on which the document or record was created.

(6) For the purpose of subregulation (4), the documents or other records are—

(a) written reports (including monitoring, audit and review reports) about environmental performance, or about the implementation strategy, under an environment plan; and

(b) records relating to environmental performance, or the implementation strategy, under an environment plan; and

(c) records of emissions and discharges into the environment made in accordance with an environment plan; and

(d) records of calibration and maintenance of monitoring devices used in accordance with an environment plan; and

(e) records and copies of notifications or reports mentioned in—

(i) regulations 29, 30 and 30A, relating to reportable incidents; and

(ii) regulation 31, relating to recordable incidents; and

(iii) regulation 31A, relating to the titleholder's environmental performance for an activity.