Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

10 (1) For each vehicle to which the national safety mark is applied, a company shall maintain in writing or in readily readable electronic or optical form the records referred to in paragraph 5(1)(g) of the Act that show that the vehicle conforms to all prescribed standards applicable to it and retain those records for at least five years after the date of manufacture or importation.

(2) Where the records referred to in subsection (1) are maintained on behalf of a company, the company shall keep the name and address of the person who maintains those records.

(3) On request in writing from an inspector, a company shall send to that inspector a copy, in either official language, of the records referred to in subsection (1) within

• (a) 30 working days after the mailing of the request; or

• (b) where the records must be translated, 45 working days after the mailing of the request.