Part 1Records management plans

I16Records management reviews

1

The Keeper may carry out a review (a “records management review”) of whether an authority is complying with its records management plan.

2

An authority must provide the Keeper with such assistance as the Keeper may require for the purpose of carrying out a records management review in relation to the authority.

3

Following a records management review, the Keeper may—

a

make recommendations to the authority about how it complies with its records management plan, and

b

require the authority to carry out a review of its plan by such date as the Keeper may determine.

4

Section 5(5) applies to a review of a plan carried out under subsection (3)(b) of this section as it applies to a review of a plan carried out under section 5, but as if the reference to the review date were a reference to the date determined under subsection (3)(b) of this section.

5

Subsection (3) does not affect the Keeper's powers under section 7.

6

The Keeper may carry out a records management review in relation to—

a

a particular authority, or

b

a group of authorities.