Current record

(1) Each responsible officer in charge of a public office shall be responsible for the records management unit within his office and shall establish good records keeping practices, including, (a) the creation and management of current records within appropriate record keeping systems; (b) developing, jointly with the retention and disposal schedules relating to records specific to his respective office; (c) implementation of retention and disposal schedules issued in accordance with paragraph (b). (2) The Director shall, 12 (a) be responsible for the supervision of the records management functions of public (b) have the powers of inspection in discharging his duties under paragraph (a); (c) develop policy guidelines and ensure compliance with standards for the management of public records; (d) provide professional assistance, advice and guidance on the and management of record keeping systems; (e) advise in co-operation with the Ministry of the Public Service and the heads of public offices, on the numbers and grading of posts in each office to be filled from the Records and Group, and make recommendations for appropriate postings; (f) draw up general retention schedules which shall be agreed with the heads of public offices and, where appropriate, develop retention and disposal schedules specific to the offices of the Accountant General, Attorney General and Auditor General; (g) monitor the provisions of retention and disposal schedules; and (h) authorize the disposal of public records in accordance with section 24 of this Act.