25 Records
(1) This section applies to all records (in whatever form or medium)_
(a) transferred to and vested in a National Park authority by virtue of this Act,
(b) created or acquired by the authority in the exercise of its functions, or
(c) otherwise in its keeping.
(2) The authority must, after consulting the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, make arrangements for the preservation and management of the records and must ensure that the records are preserved and managed in accordance with those arrangements.
(3) The authority may from time to time revise those arrangements but before making any material change must consult the Keeper.
(4) Despite subsection (2) the authority may dispose of records which in its opinion are not worthy of preservation.
(5) The authority_
(a) must ensure that the Keeper has, at all reasonable hours, unrestricted access to the records preserved by it,
(b) may afford members of the public facilities for inspecting and for obtaining copies or extracts from those records.
(6) If any enactment makes provision relating to records of a specific kind which is inconsistent with subections (1) to (5), those subsections are subject to that enactment.
Explanatory Notes Section 25 Records This section sets out how a National Park authority must deal with records. Under subsection (2) it must make arrangements in consultation with the Keeper of the Records of Scotland for the preservation and management of its records, and under subsection (3) must review the arrangements and must consult the keeper before substantial changes. Under subsection (4) it may dispose of records which are not worthy of preservation. Under subsection (5) it shall ensure that the Keeper and members of the public have access to their records. Subsection (6) makes clear that these provisions are subject to other enactments which can overrule them. |