s.2Interpretation
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Section 2Part 1 — Preliminary

Interpretation

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In this Act —
"Advisory Committee" means the Records Advisory Committee established by section 5;
"chief officer" has the meaning assigned to that expression in the Public Management and Finance Act (2026 Revision);
"disposal", in relation to a record, means disposal of the record by destruction, by appropriation by the National Archive or in some other manner determined under this Act;
"disposal schedule" means a schedule in force under section 8;
"National Archive" means the Director and staff of that division of the public service known as the Cayman Islands National Archive;
"National Archivist" means the Director for the time being of the National Archive;
"public agency" includes — (a) the Cabinet; (b) the Cayman Islands Parliament; (c) a ministry, portfolio or department; (d) a statutory body or authority, whether incorporated or not; (e) an office established by any Law; (f) a court or tribunal; (g) a company in which the Government has a controlling interest, or any subsidiary of such a company; or (h) a prescribed person or body;
"public record" means information, in any form, created, received, or maintained by a public agency in the course of, or as evidence of, a transaction or activity effected or undertaken in the conduct of its business or affairs;
"record" means information — (a) that is inscribed, stored or otherwise maintained on a tangible medium; or (b) that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is accessible in a perceivable form, and includes a public record; and
"records management standard" means a standard in force under section 7.
For the purposes of this Act, the public agency that is responsible for a public record is —
the public agency by which it was created or retained;
if that public agency has ceased to exist, the public agency (if any) that has succeeded to the functions of that former public agency;
if that public agency has ceased to exist and no other public agency has succeeded to the functions of that former public agency —
the public agency (if any) nominated by the Deputy Governor;
in default of such nomination, the National Archive.

Defined Terms

Advisory Committeechief officerdisposaldisposal scheduleNational ArchiveNational Archivistpublic agencypublic recordrecordrecords management standard

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