(1) Each public office must make and keep full and accurate records of the
activities of the office.
(2) Each public office must establish and maintain
a records management program for the public office in conformity with
standards and codes of best practice from time to time approved under
section 13.
(3) The Authority may permit such departures from the
requirements of the standards and codes as it considers necessary or desirable
to accommodate the particular needs of a public office or class of
public offices.
(a) conduct an assessment of its record-keeping processes and records
management program, and
(b) provide the Authority with a report on the
findings arising from the assessment.
(6) If the Authority is not satisfied
with a report, or the findings of a report, referred to in subsection (5), the
Authority may include information about this in the Authority's annual
reporting information prepared under the Government Sector Finance Act 2018 .