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Public Records Act 2005

Recordkeeping requirements - Standards, inspection, reporting, and audit

28: Application and content of standards

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"Rules for Keeping Public Records"

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The Chief Archivist can create standards for keeping public records. You need to know what these standards include. They can include things like which records they apply to. The standards can also say what procedures you must follow when creating or managing records. They can set a standard to measure how well you keep records. They can even set a minimum standard for keeping records that you must meet.

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Part 2Recordkeeping requirements
Standards, inspection, reporting, and audit

28Application and content of standards

  1. Standards issued by the Chief Archivist may include (without limitation) all or any of the following matters:

  2. the particular public record or particular local authority record to which they apply:
    1. the procedures or practices that must be followed, or outcomes that must be achieved, in relation to the creation, maintenance, or management of public records or local authority records:
      1. a standard against which the quality of recordkeeping practice may be judged:
        1. the minimum standard of recordkeeping practice that will be allowed.