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The Jamaica Archives and Records Department has statutory responsibility for the disposition of government records and for providing guidelines for the organization of official records. Provision for this is contained in the Archives Act (1982) and the Archives (Official Regulations), 1988. Official records should not be disposed of without the prior approval of the Archives Advisory Committee.   All requests for the disposal of official records should be sent to the Government Archivist for consideration by the Committee. SEE OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK FOR MORE DETAILS

Details of the procedures to be followed are contained in a government circular entitled Disposition of Government Records, (MPS. Circular No 2 Ref. MSD 19/7) issued by the then Ministry of Labour and the Public Service in March 1981.