Update April 2021:

The Tasmanian Government Commission of Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was announced on 23 November 2020. Our records retention notice is below.

There are several local and national investigations, inquiries and Royal Commissions in progress.

All records relevant to investigations, inquiries and Royal Commissions must be preserved until the inquiry and any subsequent actions are completed.

Current record retention notices:

• Notice of a disposal freeze on records relating to children (December 2019)
• Retention of Records of Potential Relevance to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (January 2020)
• Retention of Records of Potential Relevance to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (January 2020)
  
• Retention of Records of Relevance to the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings (April 2021)
  

​About Retention + Disposal Schedules

Retention and Disposal Schedules (RDS) ensure that records of continuing value to the public and the government are accessible for appropriate lengths of time. Approved RDS are one way of managing routine disposal of short term or temporary value records, without the need to repeatedly seek authorisation from the State Archivist.

Schedules may be developed specifically to meet the unique requirements of an agency (functional), to meet the needs of a particular industry (sector), or 'general' in their application (approved for use by all agencies).

Agencies who do not have a current RDS should refer to our pages on RDS development.

Copies of current Retention and Disposal schedules approved for use are available from the list below.