Section 16: Interpretation of Part III

16. Interpretation of Part III In this Part— “Committee” means the Public Records Appraisal Committee set up under section 17; “disposal” means the retention for a limited period, or transfer to an archival institution or outright destruction, of a public record; “non-current record” means a record which has been created for some specific purpose and which is no longer required for current use; “public body” means any— (a) Ministry or Government Department; (b) local authority; or (c) statutory corporation, institution or organisation; “Records Centre” means the Records Centre referred to in section 25; “responsible officer” means, in the case of— (a) a Ministry or Government Department, the Head of the Ministry or Department; (b) a local authority, the Chairperson or Mayor as the case may be; (c) a statutory corporation, institution or organisation, the President or Chairperson, as the case may be.