Organization Act of the National Archives Administration, National Development Council

The National Development Council shall establish the National Archives Administration (hereinafter referred to as the NAA) to administer the management and access regarding records of government agencies.

The NAA shall be in charge of the following matters: 1.Studying and drafting policies, legislation, and management systems for records; 2.Supervising and evaluating the management and access regarding records of government agencies, and compiling and publishing catalogs regarding records of government agencies; 3.Reviewing the retention periods and destruction practices regarding records of government agencies; 4.Appraising and classifying records, determining retention periods of records and settling other issues; 5.Acquiring, transferring, organizing, and preserving archives, making them available for access, and planning and implementing the establishment of facilities; 6.Receiving donations of, holding in trust of, or purchasing documents or records owned by private individuals or organizations; 7.Planning and coordinating the building of documents and records information systems; 8.Researching the management and access of records, and conducting related publishing, technology development, academic exchange, and international cooperation, as well as training of records manager; 9.Planning and implementing official documents timeliness control at the Executive Yuan and its subordinate agencies; and 10.Other matters pertaining to records.

The NAA shall have one Director-General at grade13, and two Deputy Directors-General at grade 12.

The NAA shall have one Chief -Secretary at grade 11.

The official ranks, grades, and number of positions of the NAA staff shall be set forth by a separate personnel establishment table.

The date of enforcement of this Act shall be prescribed by the Executive Yuan.