Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 2002 - SECT 7

(1) A public authority must--

(a) make and keep full and accurate records of its activities; and

(b) have regard to any relevant policy, standards and guidelines made by the archivist about the making and keeping of public records.

(2) The executive officer of a public authority must ensure the public authority complies with subsection (1).

(3) In this section--

executive officer, of a public authority, means--

(a) if the public authority is a department--the chief executive of the department; or

(b) if the public authority is a local government--the chief executive officer of the local government; or

(c) if the public authority is not an authority mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b)--a person (whatever the person's position is called) who is--

(i) a member of the governing body of the public authority; or

(ii) concerned with, or takes part in, the public authority's management.