Recordkeeping Requirements

Create and Capture

This guidance provides advice on the creation and capture of records.

Under the State Records Act 1998 (NSW), ‘each public office must make and keep full and accurate records of the activities of the office’.

All business units, teams and staff have a role to play in ensuring that sufficient records of your Public office’s activities are created and captured into its official business systems.

Resources for records and information managers

Public sector organisations in NSW have records management obligations under the State Records Act 1998. Understanding these obligations is an essential part of your role as a records and information manager.

This guidance provides information about recordkeeping requirements and outlines some of the sources of recordkeeping requirements.

Recordkeeping Requirements

State Records NSW pays respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledges their continued connection to country and culture.