The Island Archives was constituted by States' resolution of 25 June 1986 to operate under the States Ancient Monuments Committee (from 1994 called the States Heritage Committee) with the duties and responsibilities set out in a report published in Billet d’État xiii of that year. By The Machinery of Government (Transfer of Functions) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2003, responsibility for Island Archives was transferred to the Policy Council of the States of Guernsey. In 2016 the States of Guernsey transferred responsibility for the Island Archives to the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture. By virtue of the States’ resolution of 1986 all States Departments and Committees are to cooperate with the Island Archivist in accordance with policies and directives to be issued by the Policy and Resources Committee. The States of Guernsey have not made legislation equivalent to the Public Records Act 1958 as amended, or the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017 as amended applies to the Island Archives. A proportion of the annual income from the Wilfred Carey Purchase Fund, established by States’ resolution in 1990, is available to the Island Archives in some circumstances to make purchases of local interest.