Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

TERRITORY RECORDS ACT 2002 - SECT 10

    (1)     For this Act, "records management", in relation to an agency, is the managing of records of the agency—

        (a)     to meet its operational needs; and

        (b)     to ensure its records are managed and, if appropriate, preserved in accessible form—

              (i)     to allow public access to them consistent with the principles of the FOI Act; and

              (ii)     for the benefit of future generations.

    (2)     Records management covers, but is not limited to, the creation, keeping, protection, preservation, storage and disposal of, and access to, records of the agency.