Digital Preservation Coalition

Public Records Act Scotland Implementation Group

The Public Records Act Scotland (2011) creates new powers for the Keeper of the Records of Scotland to advise a range of public agencies and their contracting partners about their record keeping.  The act specifically requires the Keeper to develop a 'Model Records Management Plan' and guidance as to how these are implemented.  The Act was passed by parliament in April 2011, received royal assent in May and is due to be implemented in full from Januaret 22013.

DPC has been asked to assist the Keeper in developing this guidance so an informal group has been established from within the DPC membership to help commenting and advising about drafts of the advice and the Model Records Management Plan.  A report of a preliminary meeting is available (PDF 251KB, Login Required).  Further documents and discusisons will be linked from this page.

• DPC submission to initial Consultation on the Public Records Scotland Bill, (PDF July 2010)
• Parliamentary Debate on the Public Records (Scotland) Bill, Edinburgh 10th February 2011 (via Democracy Live)
• Parliamentary Debate on the Public Records (Scotland) Bill , Edinburgh 10th February 2011
• The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 as passed 20th April 2011
• Report of the preliminary meeting of the Stakeholder Forum, Edinburgh 30th June 2011 (PDF 251 KB, Login Required)
• Report of the second meeting of rhe Stakeholder Forum, Glasgow 27th October 2011 (PDF 216 KB, Login Required)

Membership

This informal group is open to all associates and full members of the DPC, except the National Records of Scotland who have declared an interest and therefore would rather not participate to ensure the independence of any recommendations the DPC may make.