VPRS 11523 Contract Files

Section 455, Part XVI of the Local Government Act 1915 allowed municipal councils to enter into contracts for the purposes of executing works directed or authorised by the Act. The same piece of legislation stipulated the need for such contracts to be in writing. This series comprises files called Contract Files. They were created to document contract particulars.The Contract Files include original plans. Only those files for the more significant contracts entered into by Council have been identified and selected for permanent retention.(The Contract Files have been sentenced for permanent retention in accordance with the expired PROS 84/25 Local Government Records General Disposal Schedule (Class 5.3.1). Some records in this series pre-date the disposal schedule.It is unclear when this series commenced. The first file sighted is Contract Number 1421 and dated 1965. The first registered contract according to the Contract Registers in custody occurred in 1894.《1915年地方政府法》（Local Government Act 1915）第十六部分第455条允许市政议会签订合同，以执行该法案所指示或授权的工程。该立法同时规定，此类合同必须采用书面形式。本系列档案为合同档案（Contract Files），其创建目的为归档合同相关详情。合同档案包含原始工程图纸。仅议会签订的较重大合同对应的档案已被甄别并选定为永久留存档案。本系列合同档案已依照已废止的《PROS 84/25 地方政府档案通用处置表》（Class 5.3.1）完成永久留存备案。本系列中有部分档案的生成时间早于该处置表的制定时间。目前尚不明确本系列档案的起始时间。目前可查的首份档案为合同编号1421，其形成日期为1965年；而根据现存保管的合同登记簿记载的首笔登记合同则始于1894年。