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Information Act 2002
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136 Form of records
(1) A public sector organisation must keep records created at any time
after the commencement of this section in a form in which they are
capable of being read and reproduced, which may be an electronic
form.
(2) A public sector organisation must take all reasonably practicable
steps to keep records created before the commencement of this
section in a form in which they are capable of being read and
reproduced, which may be an electronic form.
(3) A public sector organisation in possession or control of a record
(whether its own or that of another public sector organisation) must
ensure that it has access to the equipment and technology
necessary to read and reproduce the record.