As Barry has suggested this confusion may have come from s224 LGA 1972,
or possibly the 1962 Act :
Local Government (Records) Act 1962
S1(1) A local authority may do all such things as appear to it
necessary or expedient for enabling adequate use to be made of records
under its control ...
S8(1) In this Act-
...
" records " means materials in written or other form setting out facts
or events or otherwise recording information.
Local Government Act 1972
S224(1) Without prejudice to the powers of the custos rotulorum
to give directions as to the documents of any county, a principle
council shall make a proper arrangements with respect to any documents
which belong to or are in the custody of the council or any of their
officers
However I do not think anyone has ever interpreted these to mean that
all information is a 'record' in the sense normally used in records
management.
I would not worry too much about it - particularly if your SOP confirms
that "There are some records that do not need to be kept at all" ...
Phillip Bradshaw
Information Manager
Clerk to the Council
Room 111, County Hall
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