About our RDA projects
To streamline the approach to disposal and “future proof” our Retention and Disposal Authorities (RDAs) as much as possible, we encourage the development and use of RDAs based around broad functions.
Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) does not require each agency to have its own specific RDA unless it is a high risk or high value function.
Please contact us for further information about our RDA projects.
RDA projects currently underway
| Agency-Project | Description |
| Implementation Monitor | In collaboration with the Police Informants Royal Commission Implementation Monitor (PIRCIM), a new RDA is in development for the function of monitoring the implementation of recommendations of an inquiry body established and conducted under the Inquiries Act 2014. |
| Victoria Police | Victoria Police has commissioned an appraisal project to review its functions and replace its existing RDA, PROS 10/14 for Records of Victoria Police, with a new RDA. Key areas of focus: • Account for changes in legislation and regulations • Relevant Royal Commission recommendations • Internal business practices and systems • Current recordkeeping and information management practices and standards • Production of an easier to apply RDA through the ‘rolling up’ of classes and use of easy to apply disposal triggers. |
| Valuer-General Victoria | Valuer-General Victoria is working on a new RDA for its specific functions as the Victorian Government's authority on statutory valuations. The functions include overseeing valuations for Victorian Government property transactions, rating valuations, valuations for council rates and land tax assessments. |
| Treasury and Finance | The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) is developing a new RDA to replace their existing RDA (PROS 99/02). The RDA will cover the specific functions of DTF including the management of Victoria's budget and the development of economic and fiscal advice and policy. |
| Office of Public Prosecutions | The Office of Public Prosecutions is in the process of replacing their current RDA, PROS 04/03. The RDA will cover records documenting the function of prosecuting serious offences and conducting criminal appeals in Victoria’s courts. |
| Department of Education | The Department of Education is developing a new RDA for education and early childhood development functions, to replace PROS 10/09 RDA for Records of Education and Early Childhood Development. The new RDA intents to fill gaps in coverage within PROS 10/09 for new and existing functions including records relating to regulatory activity, e.g. home schooling and international students, and state responsibilities for delivering early learning and childcare services. |
| Public Health | The Department of Health (DoH) has commissioned a project to review and replace an existing RDA, PROS 08/15 Records of the Public Health Function. The RDA will cover records generated by the Victorian Government’s responsibility for public health, i.e. preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health, as well as records created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, e.g. contact tracing and quarantine management. |
In conjunction with these projects, we are implementing an approach to expand our existing RDAs to cover agencies that perform similar functions. On application, agencies might be included under existing disposal authorities.