Apologies for cross-posting. Posted on behalf of the Legislation Sub-Committee of the Society of
Archivists.
The Society of Archivists Legislation Sub-Committee is drafting a response
to the government's consultation on the 30 year review period for public
records. The terms of the review and an explanation of the background to
the development of the 30 year review period are available at
http://www.30yearrulereview.org.uk/default.htm
The review is considering whether the review period should be reduced from 30 years to 25, 20 or
15
years respectively. LSC would be very grateful for any feedback off the
list, or you can submit your comments via the form on our web-pages at
http://www.archives.org.uk/thesociety/committees/committeeforprofessionalaffairs/legislationsubcommittee/currentconsultations.html
This consultation will have a critical impact upon archivists and records managers and key
questions need to be addressed such as:
* will the public interest be best served by lowering the review timeframe - what are the
pros/cons to altering the timeframes?
* does the review timeframe go far enough in the light of public sector requirements to manage
and re-use electronic records?
* what will the impact of changes be within and beyond Central government?
* will adequate resources be provided to accompany the implementation of this legislation?
Does anyone have statistics that they can provide off list of the resource impact to their
particular organisation?
The committee's deadline for responses to the consultation is February 5th, and if anyone has any
points they would like the Society to raise on their behalf, please let us know so that we can
coordinate a response.
Many thanks,
Laura Robertson
Secretary of the Legislation Sub-Committee
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