The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 obliges named public authorities to prepare and implement a Records Management Plan (RMP) setting out proper arrangements for the management of their corporate records.
The offices of Keeper of the Records of Scotland and Registrar General for Scotland are named as separate authorities in the schedule of the Act. As both offices are currently held by the Chief Executive of National Records of Scotland, a joint RMP is maintained. A first RMP was agreed by the Keeper in 2013 and a revised RMP was agreed in January 2021.
