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Record Type Retention starts Retention period Action at end of Notes
retention

confidence indicated.

Committees/ Groups/ Creation 6 years Review and if no longer Includes minor meetings/ projects/
sub committees not needed destroy departmental business meetings
listed in the scheme of
delegation

Destruction Destruction of record or 20 years Consider transfer to a
Certificates or information place of deposit and no
Electronic Metadata longer needed destroy
destruction stub or
record of information
held on destroyed
physical media

Incidents Date of incident 20 years (serious) Review and consider
transfer to place of
10 years (non serious) deposit.

Policies/ strategies/ Creation Life of organisation + 6 Review and consider
operating procedures/ years transfer to place of
business plans deposit.

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