The National Archives (TNA) has just published a new short guide for organisations such as local NHS Trusts and CCG's, courts, coroners, and prisons, who usually transfer records to places of deposit rather than TNA itself:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/A_brief_guide_to_transferring_Records_of_Local_Interest.pdf
Following changes to the Public Records Act implemented by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, public records will in future have to be appraised and selected for permanent preservation, and transferred to TNA or a place of deposit, at or before they reach 20, rather than 30, years old.
This does not directly affect public access to such records, which continues to be linked to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), although the latter has also been slightly amended to align it with the new Rule, so that certain exemptions will no longer apply at the earlier date.
The change for local records is being implemented over a slightly different ten-year period from that for records of central bodies: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3249/contents/made
The short guide is intended to assist transferring bodies in making the accelerated transfers required over the transitional period, and sets out how they should work with places of deposit to achieve this.
More details can be found on TNA's website at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/20-year-rule-and-records-of-local-interest.htm
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