The Information & Records Manager is supported in this by the Records Manager and Records Management Service. The Records Manager provides a Records Management Service to the council under a Service Delivery agreement between the Council and High Life Highland. This includes the provision of advice on records management, the management of the council’s Corporate Records Stores (including both paper records stores and the corporate electronic records store), and maintaining both the Council’s Corporate Retention Schedules and Corporate Information Asset Register. The Records Manager supports compliance with this policy by maintaining the Corporate Retention Schedules, providing effective records management guidance to IAO and IAM and ensuring records in its custody are disposed of in accordance with this Policy. 7.5 Information Management Lead Officer The IM Lead Officer is a senior representative (head of service or equivalent) for each Council Service Director that represents their Service on the IMGB and provides a strategic lead for information management issues (including records management) within each Service. This includes a requirement to liaise directly with the Records Manager and the Information & Records Manager or to nominate representatives as the first point of contact for record keeping matters. IM Lead Officers shall ensure that their service contributes to the development of and complies with the Corporate Retention Schedules and Disposal Authority Process. 7.6 Information Management Link Officer The IM Link Officer is a role that exists to provide support to the IM Lead Officer and the Corporate IM functions in the implementation of Information and Records Management. An IM Lead Officer may choose to identify IM Link Officers to support them in their role. 7.7 Legal Services Legal Services advise on whether retention periods are prescribed by law and to ensure that corporate interests are met through the appropriate retention periods being set in the Corporate Retention Schedules. Advice will be provided to the IMGB as required to support it in its role. Page 13 of 14