> 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 on or off
> the list, or you can submit your comments via the form on our web-pages at
> http://www.archives.org.uk/thesociety/committees/committeeforprofessionalaf
> fairs/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
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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