21Keeping of records—general requirements

21 Keeping of records—general requirements

(1) If a supplier of a device applies a label to the device as a compliance label, the supplier must keep, for 5 years after the device has ceased to be supplied in Australia: (a) the declaration of conformity relating to the device; and (b) the description of the device; and (c) for a category B device—the records mentioned in section 22; and (d) for a device to which a compliance label is not applied because of section 19C—the records mentioned in subsection 19C(3). (2) If an agent of a manufacturer or importer keeps records for the manufacturer or importer that must be kept under subsection (1), the agent must also keep a copy of its agency agreement with the manufacturer or importer for the same period as those records are kept. (3) A compliance record: (a) must be in English; and (b) may be a copy of an original record; and (c) may be kept in electronic form.