Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)

Part VI Historical records and records in Public Record Office or Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

62 Interpretation of Part VI

(1) For the purposes of this Part, a record becomes a “historical record” at the end of the period of thirty years beginning with the year following that in which it was created.

(2) Where records created at different dates are for administrative purposes kept together in one file or other assembly, all the records in that file or other assembly are to be treated for the purposes of this Part as having been created when the latest of those records was created.

(3) In this Part “year” means a calendar year.