{"id":"sl-2009-46","name":"Territory Records Regulation 2009","slug":"territory-records-regulation-2009","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"46 of 2009","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173849,"registerId":"act-sl-2009-46-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Territory Records Regulation 2009","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nSL2009-46\nmade under the\nTerritory Records Act 2002\nRepublication No 12\nEffective: 17 December 2022\nRepublication date: 17 December 2022\nLast amendment made by A2022-11\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Territory Records Regulation 2009, made under the Territory\nRecords Act 2002 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3\n(Editorial changes)) as in force on 17 December 2022. It also includes any commencement,\namendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 17 December 2022.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR12\n17/12/22\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nmade under the\nTerritory Records Act 2002\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Dictionary 2\n4 Notes 2\n5 Meaning of principal officer—Act, s 8 2\nSchedule 1 Principal officers 3\nDictionary 5\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Territory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\nR12\n17/12/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 7\n2 Abbreviation key 7\n3 Legislation history 8\n4 Amendment history 10\n5 Earlier republications 11\n\nR12\n17/12/22\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nmade under the\nTerritory Records Act 2002\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Territory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\nR12\n17/12/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Territory Records Regulation 2009.\n3 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the\ndefinition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or\nthe contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and\ns 156 (1)).\n4 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n5 Meaning of principal officer—Act, s 8\nThe person mentioned in an item in schedule 1, column 3 is\nprescribed to be the principal officer for the entity mentioned in the\nitem, column 2.\n\nPrincipal officers Schedule 1\nR12\n17/12/22\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Principal officers\n(see s 5)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nentity\ncolumn 3\nprincipal officer\n1 ACT Ambulance Service director-general, Justice and Community\nSafety Directorate\n2 ACT Fire and Rescue Service director-general Justice and Community\nSafety Directorate\n3 ACT Rural Fire Service director-general Justice and Community\nSafety Directorate\n4 ACT State Emergency Service director-general, Justice and Community\nSafety Directorate\n5 Australian Capital Territory Electoral\nCommission (including augmented\nelectoral commission under the Electoral\nAct 1992)\nelectoral commissioner\n6 ACT Multi-Hazard Advisory Council chairperson of the council\n7 Domestic Violence Prevention Council chair of the council\n8 Electoral Commissioner electoral commissioner\n9 Government Solicitor chief solicitor\n10 Human Rights Commission any member of the commission\n11 Independent Competition and Regulatory\nCommission for the Australian Capital\nTerritory\nsenior commissioner\n12 Legal Aid Commission (ACT) chief executive officer\n13 Office of the Director of Public\nProsecutions\ndirector of public prosecutions\n14 Occupational Health and Safety\nCommissioner\nOH&S commissioner\n15 official visitor an official visitor\n\nSchedule 1 Principal officers\npage 4 Territory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\nR12\n17/12/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nentity\ncolumn 3\nprincipal officer\n16 Public Trustee and Guardian for the\nAustralian Capital Territory\npublic trustee and guardian\n17 Registrar-General of the Australian\nCapital Territory\ndirector-general, Justice and Community\nSafety Directorate\n18 SEMSOG director-general, Justice and Community\nSafety Directorate\n19 Sentence Administration Board chair of the board\n20 Solicitor-General solicitor-general\n21 Victims Advisory Board chairperson of the board\n22 Victims of Crime Commissioner victims of crime commissioner\n\nDictionary\nR12\n17/12/22\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 3)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n• ACT\n• chief solicitor\n• director-general (see s 163)\n• director of public prosecutions\n• electoral commission\n• electoral commissioner\n• entity\n• government solicitor\n• human rights commission\n• independent competition and regulatory commission\n• legal aid commission\n• official visitor\n• OH&S commissioner\n• person (see s 160)\n• public trustee and guardian\n• registrar-general\n• sentence administration board\n• solicitor-general\n• victims of crime commissioner.\nACT Ambulance Service means the ACT Ambulance Service\nestablished under the Emergencies Act 2004, section 40.\nACT Fire and Rescue Service means ACT Fire and Rescue Service\nestablished under the Emergencies Act 2004, section 43.\nACT Multi-Hazard Advisory Council means the ACT Multi-Hazard\nAdvisory Council established under the Emergencies Act 2004,\nsection 127.\n\nDictionary\npage 6 Territory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\nR12\n17/12/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nACT Rural Fire Service means the ACT Rural Fire Service\nestablished under the Emergencies Act 2004, section 51.\nACT State Emergency Service means the ACT State\nEmergency Service established under the Emergencies Act 2004,\nsection 56.\nSEMSOG means the Security and Emergency Management Senior\nOfficials Group established under the Emergencies Act 2004,\nsection 141.\nVictims Advisory Board means the Victims Advisory Board\nestablished under the Victims of Crime Act 1994, section 22A.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR12\n17/12/22\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 8 Territory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\nR12\n17/12/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009 SL2009-46\nnotified LR 24 September 2009\ns 1, s 2 commenced 24 September 2009 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 25 September 2009 (s 2)\nas amended by\nEmergencies Amendment Act 2010 A2010-17 sch 1 pt 1.1\nnotified LR 12 May 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 12 May 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.1 commenced 20 August 2010 (s 2 and CN2010-8)\nVictims of Crime Amendment Act 2010 A2010-29 sch 1 pt 1.3\nnotified LR 31 August 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 31 August 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.3 commenced 28 February 2011 (s 2 and LA s 79)\nAdministrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments)\nAct 2011 A2011-22 sch 1 pt 1.150\nnotified LR 30 June 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.150 commenced 1 July 2011 (s 2 (1))\nLaw Officers Act 2011 A2011-30 sch 1 pt 1.7\nnotified LR 29 August 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 August 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.7 commenced 31 August 2011 (s 2 and CN2011-9)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2012 A2012-21 sch 3 pt 3.47\nnotified LR 22 May 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 May 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.47 commenced 5 June 2012 (s 2 (2))\nOfficial Visitor Act 2012 A2012-33 sch 1 pt 1.7\nnotified LR 15 June 2012\ns 1, s 2 commenced 15 June 2012 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.7 commenced 1 September 2013 (s 2 as am by A2013-22\ns 4)\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR12\n17/12/22\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nProtection of Rights (Services) Legislation Amendment Act 2016\n(No 2) A2016-13 sch 1 pt 1.36\nnotified LR 16 March 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 16 March 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.36 commenced 1 April 2016 (s 2 and see Protection of\nRights (Services) Legislation Amendment Act 2016 A2016-1 s 2)\nEmergencies Amendment Act 2016 A2016-33 sch 1 pt 1.21\nnotified LR 20 June 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 20 June 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.21 commenced 21 June 2016 (s 2)\nFreedom of Information Act 2016 A2016-55 sch 4 pt 4.27 (as am by\nA2017-14 s 19)\nnotified LR 26 August 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 August 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 4 pt 4.27 commenced 1 January 2018 (s 2 as am by A2017-14\ns 19)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2017\n(No 2) A2017-14 s 19\nnotified LR 17 May 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 May 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 19 commenced 24 May 2017 (s 2 (1))\nNote This Act only amends the Freedom of Information Act 2016\nA2016-55.\nEmergencies Amendment Act 2021 A2021-30 sch 1 pt 1.5\nnotified LR 10 December 2021\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 December 2021 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.5 commenced 11 December 2021 (s 2)\nDomestic Violence Agencies Amendment Act 2022 A2022-11\nsch 1 pt 1.4\nnotified LR 17 June 2022\ns 1, s 2 commenced 17 June 2022 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.4 commenced 17 December 2022 (s 2 and LA s 79)\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 10 Territory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\nR12\n17/12/22\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nMeaning of principal officer—Act, s 8\ns 5 sub A2016-55 amdt 4.48\nPrincipal officers\nsch 1 am A2010-17 amdt 1.1, amdt 1.2; items renum R2 LA;\nA2010-29 amdt 1.3; A2011-22 amdt 1.425; A2011-30\namdt 1.13, amdt 1.14; items renum R5 LA; A2012-21\namdt 3.182; A2016-13 amdt 1.136, amdt 1.137; items renum\nR8 LA; A2016-33 amdt 1.47; A2021-30 amdt 1.6; A2022-11\namdt 1.7\nDictionary\ndict am A2011-22 amdt 1.426, amdt 1.427; A2011-30 amdt 1.15;\nA2012-33 amdt 1.45; A2016-13 amdts 1.138-1.140\ndef ACT Bushfire Council om A2021-30 amdt 1.7\ndef ACT Emergency Management Committee om A2010-17\namdt 1.3\ndef ACT Fire and Rescue ins A2012-21 amdt 3.183\nom A2016-33 amdt 1.48\ndef ACT Fire and Rescue Service ins A2016-33 amdt 1.49\ndef ACT Fire Brigade om A2012-21 amdt 3.183\ndef ACT Multi-Hazard Advisory Council ins A2021-30\namdt 1.8\ndef Government Solicitor for the Australian Capital\nTerritory om A2011-30 amdt 1.16\ndef official visitor om A2012-33 amdt 1.46\ndef SEMSOG ins A2010-17 amdt 1.\ndef Victims Assistance Board om A2010-29 amdt 1.4\ndef Victims of Crime Coordinator om A2010-29 amdt 1.4\ndef Victims Advisory Board ins A2010-29 amdt 1.4\ndef Victims of Crime Commissioner ins A2010-29 amdt 1.4\nom A2016-13 amdt 1.141\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR12\n17/12/22\nTerritory Records Regulation 2009\nEffective: 17/12/22\npage 11\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n25 Sept 2009\n25 Sept 2009–\n19 Aug 2010\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n20 Aug 2010\n20 Aug 2010–\n27 Feb 2011\nA2010-17 amendments by\nA2010-17\nR3\n28 Feb 2011\n28 Feb 2011–\n30 June 2011\nA2010-29 amendments by\nA2010-29\nR4\n1 July 2011\n1 July 2011–\n30 Aug 2011\nA2011-22 amendments by\nA2011-22\nR5\n31 Aug 2011\n31 Aug 2011–\n4 June 2012\nA2011-30 amendments by\nA2011-30\nR6\n5 June 2012\n5 June 2012–\n31 Aug 2013\nA2012-21 amendments by\nA2012-21\nR7\n1 Sept 2013\n1 Sept 2013–\n31 Mar 2016\nA2012-33 amendments by\nA2012-33\nR8\n1 Apr 2016\n1 Apr 2016–\n20 June 2016\nA2016-13 amendments by\nA2016-13\nR9\n21 June 2016\n21 June 2016–\n31 Dec 2017\nA2016-33 amendments by\nA2016-33\nR10\n1 Jan 2018\n1 Jan 2018–\n10 Dec 2021\nA2017-14 amendments by\nA2016-55 as\namended by\nA2017-14\nR11\n11 Dec 2021\n11 Dec 2021–\n16 Dec 2022\nA2021-30 amendments by\nA2021-30\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n© Australian Capital Territory 2022","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation has been amended over time to add, remove or rename entities and to update definitions (as reflected in the amendment history), but its functional scope has not materially changed: it continues to serve the single purpose of prescribing which office‑holder is the \"principal officer\" for listed Territory entities under the Territory Records Act. Amendments are organisational and terminological updates rather than an expansion of duties or coverage beyond the original regulatory purpose (see regulation s 5 and Schedule 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument (5 substantive provisions plus Schedule and Dictionary)","Schedule 1 contains 22 items pairing entities with principal officers","Dictionary contains 7 specific definitions for entities referenced in the Schedule","Direct cross‑references to the Territory Records Act 2002 (s 8) and multiple provisions of the Legislation Act for interpretation and notes","No nested exceptions, conditional logic, or complex procedural rules — prescriptive list only","Multiple historical amendments (recorded in endnotes) but each amendment updates names/definitions rather than adding regulatory complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this regulation does (mechanically)\n\n- Prescribes who counts as a \"principal officer\" for certain ACT entities for the purposes of the Territory Records Act 2002 (see regulation section 5 and Schedule 1).\n- Includes a short dictionary (regulation s 3 and the Dictionary) that defines a handful of emergency‑management and victims‑related bodies and cross‑refers to definitions in the Legislation Act.\n\nWho it affects\n\n- The listed public entities and the office‑holders named in Schedule 1 (for example, the director‑general of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate is prescribed as the principal officer for several emergency services, the electoral commissioner is prescribed for the Electoral Commission, chairs or commissioners are prescribed for various boards and commissions, and so on).\n- Those entities’ staff and records managers to the extent the Territory Records Act gives duties or powers to the \"principal officer\" (the regulation itself does not restate those duties; it only identifies who the principal officer is).\n\nWhy it matters (purpose claim and functional effect)\n\n- The regulation’s stated purpose is to fix, by regulation, which office or office‑holder will be treated as the \"principal officer\" under the Territory Records Act (regulation s 5 and Schedule 1). In other words, it delegates accountability for recordkeeping to the named officers so the duties and powers in the Act (for example, obligations to make and keep records, disposal responsibilities, or interactions with the Territory archives) attach to a concrete office.\n\nTesting that purpose against costs, incentives and implementation mechanics\n\n- Who pays: compliance costs fall on the named agencies (their recordkeeping systems, staff time, and any audit or reporting obligations that flow from the Territory Records Act). The regulation itself does not create new administrative processes beyond naming the accountable office‑holder.\n- Who decides: the regulation determinatively names the principal officer for each listed entity (Schedule 1). That removes ambiguity about which office has statutory responsibility under the Territory Records Act for those entities’ records.\n- Behaviour changes required: agencies must ensure the named office discharges the recordkeeping responsibilities in the Territory Records Act (for example, policy setting, retention decisions, transfers to archives). The regulation centralises legal accountability rather than leaving it to agency practice.\n- Compliance burden and opportunity cost: modest and concentrated—mainly an internal administrative and governance adjustment for affected agencies and their records officers. There are no new direct costs imposed on the public by the regulation itself.\n- Bureaucratic discretion and implementation risk: low. The regulation is prescriptive (lists offices by name) so discretion is limited; the main implementation issue is keeping the list current when agency structures or titles change (the instrument has been amended repeatedly to reflect machinery changes). If the list is not updated promptly, there is a risk of legal uncertainty about who is the principal officer for a changed or renamed body.\n- Effects on private choice and competition: none. The regulation governs ACT public sector recordkeeping accountability; it does not regulate private parties or market conduct.\n\nConcrete mechanism (where to look in the instrument)\n\n- Regulation 5 says the person in column 3 of Schedule 1 is prescribed to be the principal officer for the entity in column 2. Schedule 1 then lists 22 items pairing entities with the prescribed principal officers. The Dictionary defines several entities referenced in the Schedule (for example, ACT Ambulance Service, ACT State Emergency Service, SEMSOG, Victims Advisory Board).\n\nBottom line\n\n- This is an administrative, machine‑room regulation: it names the office‑holders who carry statutory recordkeeping responsibility for a set of ACT public entities. It creates clarity about legal accountability with modest compliance implications for the affected agencies and low implementation risk if the schedule is maintained when organisational changes occur."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation has remained tightly focused on its original purpose since 2009: prescribing principal officers for Territory records purposes. While the list of entities has expanded from the original 2009 version (adding bodies like the ACT Multi-Hazard Advisory Council in 2021 and Domestic Violence Prevention Council in 2022), and some entities have been renamed or removed as government structures changed, the core scope has not drifted. It remains a simple administrative prescription function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 11 pages, mostly endnotes and administrative material)","Only 5 substantive sections, with only 1 operative provision (section 5) that does the actual work","Simple tabular format in Schedule 1 listing entities and their principal officers","Minimal defined terms (only 6 definitions in the dictionary, mostly cross-references to other Acts)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward amendment history tracking additions/removals of entities over time"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation, made under the Territory Records Act 2002, names the specific \"principal officers\" responsible for records management across 22 ACT government bodies. It mostly designates director‑generals for justice and emergency services and names individual office‑holders for independent bodies like the Electoral Commissioner.\n\nIt affects employees, people making records or FOI requests, and the named officers by clarifying who legally must create, keep and manage government records."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/territory-records-regulation-2009","history":"/api/acts/territory-records-regulation-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/territory-records-regulation-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/territory-records-regulation-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/territory-records-regulation-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/territory-records-regulation-2009/documents"}}