New temporary care records protection instruction issued
Learn more about the new temporary care records protection instruction issued by the Chief Archivist.
11 April 2024
The Chief Archivist has issued a new temporary care records protection instruction. Its purpose is to protect care records while work is carried out to review the rules for their retention and disposal.
Read the new temporary care records protection instruction
What the temporary care records protection instruction is for
The temporary care records protection instruction’s purpose is to protect public office care records — as defined in our care records definition — from the disposal actions of:
destruction
alteration
sale
discharge.
Read the care records definition and find out more about it
What the temporary care records protection instruction covers
The temporary care records protection instruction covers all public offices that:
create
receive, or
hold
care records.
Transfer of records under a current disposal authority by public offices to the Chief Archivist — or to another public office — can take place under the protection instruction.