Standards and legislation

Agency senior executives, information and records management staff, managers of business units and team leaders need to have a level of understanding of both the legislation and the standards to ensure agency records and information management policies and procedures exist and are complied with.

Australian Government agencies need to operate within a number of legislative requirements relating to creation and management of records.

Records and information management standards based on nationally and internationally accepted best practice can assist agencies to better comply with legislation and to ensure effective management of their records. Australian and international standards contains more information.