A combined Place department retention schedule is available as a PDF in the EDRM Retention Schedules folder.
See an explanation of the 6+ Rule and all other standard disposition codes.
Laboratory procedures development and management
TS 01.01: Document control, preparation, approval and distribution
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 01.02: Collaborative trials
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 01.03: Laboratory procedures review
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 01.04: Developing procedures and managing chemical waste
Disposition: ACTION+50
Examples: none given
Rationale: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
Location: service area
TS 01.05: Auditing laboratory procedures
Disposition: 6+
TS 02.01: Providing consumer advice
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 02.02: Providing business advice and liaising with businesses
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 02.03: Undertaking an advisory visit to traders
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 02.04: Receiving notifications where no action has been taken (for the purposes of trend analysis)
Disposition: 6+
Examples: Consumers Advice Customer Service (CACS) notificatioN
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 02.05: Number not used
TS 02.06: Petroleum Land Searches
Disposition: ACTION+15
Examples: none given
Rationale: The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014
Location: service area
TS 02.07: Issuing public alerts
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 02.08: Recruiting and training volunteers for test purchases etc
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 02.09: Producing leaflets for information / advice
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
Please note final published leaflets are retained permanently (see PR 2.2)
TS 02.10: Making referrals to other agencies / authorities
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 02.11: Providing assured business advice
Disposition: PERM
Example:
Rationale: business requirement
Location: service area
Licensing and registration
TS 03.01: Licensing petroleum spirit
Disposition: ACTION+15
Examples: none given
Rationale: The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014
Location: service area
TS 03.02: Number not used
TS 0.03: Registering storage premises for explosives
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 03.04: Number not used
TS 03.05: Number not used
TS 03.06: The process of commenting on the licensing of alcohol
Disposition: CASE+6 (closure point: expiry of registration)
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
Inspection and monitoring
TS 04.01: Inspecting and monitoring animal health and welfare
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 04.02: Inspecting and monitoring the transport of animals
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 04.03: Inspecting and monitoring in the event of an outbreak of animal diseases
Disposition: PERM
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 04.04: Inspecting and monitoring food and product safety
Disposition: 15+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 04.05: Inspecting and monitoring the sale of age restricted products
Disposition: 15+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 04.06: Inspecting and monitoring feed premises
Disposition: CASE+6 (closure point: change of ownership/closure of business)
Records of businesses with uninterrupted ownership may be destroyed 100 years from creation
Examples: none given
Rationale: Feed Law Code of Practice
Location: service area
Fair trading and consumer protection
TS 05.01: Ensuring fair trading
Disposition: 6+
Examples: complaints relating to counterfeit goods
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 05.02: Administering community engagement schemes
Disposition: CASE+6 (closure point: business ceases to be registered on scheme)
Example:
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
Petroleum filling stations
TS 06.01: Monitoring the construction, modification, and decommissioning of petroleum filling stations
Disposition: PERM
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
Investigation
TS 07.01: Responding to complaints
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 07.02: Gathering intelligence and making assessments from that intelligence
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 07.03: Undertaking an investigation
Disposition: CASE+6 (closure point: end of sentence or, if none, date of prosecution. In cases not resulting in prosecution, closure point is date of last action on case)
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
Acquisition, seizure of property, and sampling
TS 08.01: Seizing products
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 08.02: Sampling (including receipting and transferring for testing)
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 08.03: Handling seizures
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
Laboratory Testing and Analysis
TS 09.01: laboratory testing (excluding environmental testing)
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 09.02: environmental testing
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 09.03: laboratory analysis
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
Equipment Testing, Maintenance and Calibration
TS 10.01: recording specifications
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 10.02: recording test methods
Disposition: 6+
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 10.03: Testing, maintaining, and calibrating in-house equipment
Disposition: CASE+6 (closure point: disposal of equipment)
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area
TS 10.04: Testing, maintaining, and calibrating external client equipment
Disposition: ACTION+100
Examples: none given
Rationale: business need
Location: service area