Record series
Committee Meeting Records
VPRS 12901
1992 - 2014
North Melbourne
Agencies
This record series was created by:
Agencies responsible for this record series: Legislative Assembly ( VA 2585 ): 1992 - present
Date Range
Series date range: 1992 - 2014
Series in custody:
1992 - 2014
Contents in custody:
1992 - 2014
Function / Content
This series comprises the records created by the Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Estimates (VA 3137) from 1992 to 2014. The series includes records created for meetings by its sub-committees during this time period. From 2011, meeting minutes were no longer maintained separately and all records from the committee from 2015 onwards can be found in VPRS 12625 Committee Records.There are two types of records in this series. First are agendas and minutes for the meetings. These have been placed in folders. The other type of records are the meeting papers that accompanied the agenda for each meeting. (Papers created for meetings that were cancelled owing to the calling of a State Election are also included.) Meeting papers were kept separately to the agendas and minutes. Budget papers for the Committee and Sub-committees were also included.
How to use the records
Special Access ConditionsParliamentary records are transferred to Public Record Office Victoria on condition that all requests for access will be referred to the Clerk of the Legislative Council / Legislative Assembly as appropriate, for determination in each case. The records have been transferred on the understanding that they remain the property of the Parliament of Victoria.
Application to inspect the records should be made to the appropriate officer and written authorisation must be presented to staff of Public Record Office Victoria before records can be made available for inspection.
Recordkeeping system
These records were kept in chronological order according to the year in which the meeting was held. Each meeting was numbered in a year and single number sequence (for example, the first meeting held in 1994 is numbered 1/94). From late 1996 to 1999, the calendar year was replaced by what appears to the Parliamentary session. Such records are numbered according to the combination of years in that session (for example, 1/96-97-98). While meetings during the 54th Parliament (1999 to 2001) are numbered, a formal recordkeeping system appears to have been abandoned from 1999 onwards, and records are generally described and arranged by function and date.From 2009, meeting records were no longer managed separately. Further committee records can be found in VPRS 12625.
