Term: Disposal schedule

Tool that allows the disposal (i.e. destruction) of documents produced by central and peripheral bodies of the State to be coordinated in a systematic way. The schedule reproduces the list of the sections (categories) and subsections of the filing plan, together with a more or less detailed description of the functions to which each section relates and of the nature of the corresponding records. It also specifies, for each section, which records must be preserved permanently and which may be destroyed after a specified period, which may vary according to the type of record.