The Records Management Standards for Public Sector Organisations in the NT are issued pursuant to Sections 137 and 138 of the Information Act.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Purpose
• Authority
• Responsibility
• Review of the standards and previous standards
• Basis for these standards
• Other legislation affecting records management
• Other documents and publications consulted
• Acknowledgments
• Standard 1 Governance (including identification of records) - records must be created within a managed framework
• Standard 2 Capture - records must be captured into the corporate records management system
• Standard 3 Discovery - records must be findable and accessible for as long as they are required
• Standard 4 Security - records must be secure
• Standard 5 Disposal - records must be disposed of systematically and accountably
• Definitions

For information and advice, please contact:

Records Policy Unit
ICT Division
Department of Business and Employment
e: ntg.recordspolicy@nt.gov.au

Alternative formats

• Record Management Standard for public sector organisation in the NT (pdf 108 kb)
• Record Management Standard for public sector organisation in the NT (rtf 702 kb)

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