Part 1Records management plans
I15Review of plans
1
An authority must—
a
keep its records management plan under review, and
b
if the Keeper so requires (whether at the time of agreement of the plan or otherwise), carry out a review of the plan by such date (the “review date”) as the Keeper may determine in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).
2
The Keeper must not determine a review date under subsection (1)(b) which is earlier than five years after the date on which the authority's records management plan was last agreed.
3
In subsection (2), reference to the plan being agreed includes—
a
agreement of the plan under section 4,
b
if the authority has been required to carry out a review of the plan under subsection (1)(b) of this section or section 6(3)(b), agreement of the revised or, as the case may be, resubmitted plan, and
c
if the authority has submitted a revised plan under subsection (6) of this section, agreement of the revised plan.
4
If—
a
the Keeper has determined a review date under subsection (1)(b) in relation to a plan, and
b
before that date, the Keeper agrees—
i
a revised plan submitted by the authority under subsection (6), or
ii
if the authority has been required to carry out a review of the plan under section 6(3)(b), a revised or, as the case may be, resubmitted plan,
the Keeper must determine a new review date and inform the authority of the new review date.
5
After carrying out a review of its plan in accordance with subsection (1)(b), the authority must, by the review date, either—
a
revise its plan and submit the revised plan to the Keeper for agreement, or
b
if the authority decides not to revise its plan, resubmit its current plan to the Keeper for agreement.
6
An authority may at any time revise its records management plan and submit the revised plan to the Keeper for agreement.
7
Subsections (2) to (9) of section 4 apply, as they apply to a proposed records management plan submitted for agreement under that section, to—
a
a revised records management plan submitted to the Keeper for agreement under subsection (5)(a) or (6) of this section, and
b
a records management plan resubmitted to the Keeper for agreement under subsection (5)(b) of this section.
8
The Keeper may make different determinations under this section for different authorities or different descriptions of authorities.