Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 - Resources

The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 requires named public authorities to submit a records management plan (RMP) to be agreed by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland (the Keeper). To assist authorities, the Keeper must develop and publish a model plan and provide supporting guidance on the form and content of that plan.

The Keeper has developed his model plan and supporting guidance by drawing upon a wide range of professional public sector expertise and knowledge.

• View the Keeper's model plan
  
  
• Read guidance to the Keeper's model plan
  

The Keeper has also published:

An Executive Summary taking the form of a single page summary, addressed to the CEO of a Scottish public authority that explains what they are required to do and why. This document is a template that can be used by records managers, for example to familiarise their boards with their responsibilities under the Act. Hopefully it is succinct enough that it could be inserted in the agenda of a board meeting.

• Read Executive Summary - Rich text format, 584 KB, new window
• Read Executive Summary - Acrobat Reader, 30 KB, new window

FAQs - This document summarises some issues that were raised repeatedly during the public consultation (27 February - 18 May 2012) and explains the Keeper's position on each. Hopefully this document will clarify details of the implementation and what is expected of a submitted records management plan.

• Read FAQs - Rich text format, 669 KB, new window
• Read FAQs - Acrobat Reader, 61 KB, new window

View our Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 Information leaflet:

• Read PRSA Information Leaflet - Acrobat Reader, 2226KB, new window

An alphabetical list of the named Scottish public authorities who will be invited to submit their formal records management plan for agreement by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland. This schedule will show which authorities have already been invited to submit their records management plan. This list will also be updated to reflect any name changes, amalgamations or reorganisations that occur during the invitation programme process (approximately 2013 – 2018)

• Download the schedule - Rich text format, 821 KB, new window
• Download the schedule - Acrobat Reader, 82 KB, new window

If you encounter difficulties opening linked websites, PDF documents and RTF documents listed on this page, please contact us at publicrecords@nas.gov.uk.