What should institutions which have received records as a presentation under s3(6) of the Public Records Act do if they wish to dispose of the presented material?
Institutions which have received a presentation of public records and which now wish to destroy them or to transfer them to another repository must first contact the National Advisory Service at The National Archives. They should provide a description of the records and a full explanation of the proposal to dispose of them. The National Archives will ascertain whether or not another institution would wish to receive the records; if no other institution is identified then the records may be destroyed.
