❓ This parliamentary question seeks clarification on the management and retention of records from Royal Commissions and similar inquiries, specifically regarding the roles of the presiding authority and the State Records Act 2000. The answer confirms that only sections of records are transferred and that inquiries identify records for retention in their record keeping plan.
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(b) is it the case that only sections and not all of those records are then transferred to the State Records Office for their management after the period mentioned in (a); and (c) is it a fact that the person presiding over a Royal Commission or similar Inquiry has the power to decide what records are retained, or does that power rest with the provisions of the State Records Act 2000?
(c) is it a fact that the person presiding over a Royal Commission or similar Inquiry has the power to decide what records are retained, or does that power rest with the provisions of the State Records Act 2000?
(b) Yes. (c) A Royal Commission or inquiry, in accordance with the State Records Act 2000 , identifies in its record keeping plan which records are to be retained.
(c) A Royal Commission or inquiry, in accordance with the State Records Act 2000 , identifies in its record keeping plan which records are to be retained.
(c) is it a fact that the person presiding over a Royal Commission or similar Inquiry has the power to decide what records are retained, or does that power rest with the provisions of the State Records Act 2000?
(b) Yes. (c) A Royal Commission or inquiry, in accordance with the State Records Act 2000 , identifies in its record keeping plan which records are to be retained.
(c) A Royal Commission or inquiry, in accordance with the State Records Act 2000 , identifies in its record keeping plan which records are to be retained.
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Answered
27 August 2003
Response time
13 days
(a) Usual practice has been that records of Royal Commissions, and inquiries and investigations established under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994
, are transferred to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet following their completion. Clause 48 of the
Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment Bill 2003
addresses the records of the Police Royal Commission.
(b) Yes.
(c) A Royal Commission or inquiry, in accordance with the
State Records Act 2000
, identifies in its record keeping plan which records are to be retained.
Public Sector Management Act 1994
, are transferred to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet following their completion. Clause 48 of the
Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment Bill 2003
addresses the records of the Police Royal Commission.
(b) Yes.
(c) A Royal Commission or inquiry, in accordance with the
State Records Act 2000
, identifies in its record keeping plan which records are to be retained.
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