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General Retention and Disposal Schedule (GRDS)

Date issued:
22 December 2023
Used by:
All Queensland public authorities
QDAN:
See schedule
Schedule type:
General

Summary

The GRDS covers records of common activities and functions, transitory, and short term records created as part of routine transactional business practices.

The GRDS Lite is an abridged version of the GRDS covering the same records.

Related documents

General Retention and Disposal Schedule (GRDS).pdf (PDF File, 1.8 MB)

General Retention and Disposal Schedule (GRDS).docx (MS Word Document, 453.8 KB)

General retention and disposal schedule (GRDS) (MS Excel Document, 74.9 KB)

General Retention and Disposal Schedule (GRDS) Lite.pdf (PDF File, 604.6 KB)

General Retention and Disposal Schedule (GRDS) Lite.docx (MS Word Document, 216.0 KB)

General retention and disposal schedule (GRDS) Lite (MS Excel Document, 34.7 KB)

Supporting information

  • Appraisal log (PDF, 2.12 MB)
  • Appraisal log (DOCX, 503 KB)
  • Mapping General Retention and Disposal Schedule (GRDS) to GRDS Lite (PDF, 268 KB)
  • Mapping General Retention and Disposal Schedule (GRDS) to GRDS Lite (DOCX, 104 KB)
  • Change history table for the General retention and disposal schedule (GRDS) and the GRDS Lite (DOCX, 33KB)

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12 April 2024

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