Gritting request

According to Article 24 of the Public Archives Act, No. 77/2014, parties obliged to submit documents are prohibited from destroying or disposing of any document in their archives, unless this is done on the basis of the approval of the National Archivist, rules issued on the basis of the Public Archives Act or on the basis of a special legal provision.

Gridging by suppliers obliged to

The deletion of documents is essentially for practical reasons. The scope of data in modern society, on paper or in electronic form, is extensive and costly if all documents are to be preserved. In assessing the preservation of records, information is always taken into consideration and whether information concerns the rights of citizens, the interests of the administration or the history of the Icelandic nation. It also considers whether information in documents is found in other places and whether the documents that are requested to be deleted have temporary value for the party required to deliver.

Gritting request

In the absence of rules on the destruction of certain documents or categories of documents, and in the absence of specific legal provisions on the destruction, a party obliged to submit a release must obtain approval from a national archivist for documents that he or she wishes to delete, whether they are in electronic form or on paper. In order to apply for a document deletion, a special form, a grisly request, must be completed and sent to the National Archives, along with the confirmation of the director.

Once a grievance request has been received by the National Archives, archivists will review the request, evaluate the information contained in it and call for further information, as appropriate. When all information is available, the request is submitted to the National Archives for processing and the National Archivist approves or rejects the request as appropriate.

Refusal requests from entities required to submit documents to a regional archive