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<p> </p><p> </p><p>Implementation is already well underway. The point at which historic
central government records are transferred to The National Archives is being reduced
from 30 years to 20 years. This change is being implemented in a phased way over a
ten period starting from 1 January 2013, with two years worth of records being transferred
every year until transition is complete. This was implemented by The Constitutional
Reform and Governance Act 2010 (Commencement No 7) Order 2012 (SI 2012 No. 3001) and
The Public Records (Transfer to the Public Record Office) (Transitional and Saving
Provisions) Order 2012 (SI 2012 No. 3028).</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to
begin, from 2015, a similar ten-year transitional period for records transferred to
116 local places of deposit, subject to the outcome of further detailed work on costs
and the impact to the local authority archive sector.</p>
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