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355 - Legislative Matters

Last updated on July 24, 2024

Records relating to Legislative Assembly actions on matters relevant to ministries and agencies. 

Records types include correspondence, parliamentary inquiry documents, briefing materials, and other types of records as indicated under relevant secondaries.

For bills and other legislation, see primaries 125 and 140.
For cabinet submissions, see primary 201.
For estimates debate supporting material, see primary 1000.

non-OPR NOTE: Offices will retain non-OPR copies of records for: SO nil DE

Primary-Secondary Records Series OPR
  A SA FD
355-00 Policy and procedures SO nil DE
355-01 General CY+2y nil DE
355-04 House briefing materials and questions
(supersedes former secondary 355-03 Questions in the house)
SO = upon conclusion of legislative session, and when no longer required for reference purposes
NOTE: Classify supporting material for estimates debates under primary 1000.		 SO nil SR
355-07 House documents
(covers reports and resolutions, Throne speech, orders of the day, votes and proceedings, and parliamentary debates [Hansard])
SO = upon conclusion of legislative session, and when no longer required for reference purposes		 SO nil DE

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OPR – office of primary responsibility

A – active
SA – semi-active
FD – final disposition

CY – calendar year
nil – no retention period
SO – superseded or obsolete
y – year
DE – destruction
SR – selective retention

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Contact information

For general inquires, contact the Government Information Management (GIM) Branch at:

Email
GIM@gov.bc.ca