TERRITORY RECORDS ACT 2002

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act  
• 3 Main purposes of Act  
• 4 Dictionary  
• 5 Notes  
• 5A Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
• 6 Application of Act  

PART 2--MANAGEMENT AND CARE OF RECORDS

Division 2.1--General

• 7 Meaning of agency  
• 8 Meaning of principal officer  
• 9 Meaning of record of an agency etc  
• 10 Meaning of records management  
• 11 Meaning of control and entitled to control of a  
• 12 Records to which Act applies  

Division 2.2--Obligation of principal officers

• 13 Principal officers must ensure Act complied with  

Division 2.3--Records management

• 14 Agencies to make and keep records  
• 15 Agencies to ensure accessibility of information  
• 16 Approved records management programs  
• 17 Procedure for approving records management programs  
• 18 Approved standards and codes for records management  
• 19 Approval of schedules for the disposal of records  
• 19A Records disposal schedules—suspension  
• 20 Review of approved standards and codes  
• 21 Inspection of records management programs  

Division 2.4--Protection of records

• 22 Protecting records  
• 23 Protection measures  
• 23A Agencies with inter-government functions  
• 23B Report about inter-government records agreements  
• 24 Normal administrative practice  

Division 2.5--Miscellaneous

• 25 Records of agency that no longer exists etc  

PART 3--AGENCY RECORDS--ACCESS

• 26 Access to records  
• 27 Requests for access  
• 28 Declaration applying provisions of FOI Act  
• 29 Giving access to records under this Act  
• 30 Register of records  
• 31 Protection from liability when access given  

PART 3A--EXECUTIVE RECORDS--ACCESS AND RELEASE

• 31A Application—pt 3A  
• 31B Definitions—pt 3A  
• 31C List of released executive records—publication  
• 31D Requests for access  
• 31E Giving access to accessible executive records—no release restraint  
• 31F Giving access to accessible executive records—release restraint determination  
• 31G Release delayed or denied  
• 31H FOI Act access not prevented  
• 31I Internal review notice—release restraint determination  
• 31J Internal review of certain determinations  
• 31K Internal review—application  
• 31L Internal review  
• 31M Review of determinations by ACAT  
• 31N Protection from liability—executive records  

PART 4--DIRECTOR OF TERRITORY RECORDS

• 32 Establishment of position  
• 33 Functions  
• 34 Appointment of the director  
• 35 Term of appointment of director  
• 36 Ending of appointment of director  
• 37 Conditions of appointment generally  
• 38 Delegation  
• 39 Ministerial directions to the director  
• 40 Arrangements for staff  

PART 5--TERRITORY RECORDS ADVISORY COUNCIL

Division 5.1--Establishment, functions and members of council

• 41 Territory Records Advisory Council  
• 42 Functions of council  
• 43 Membership of council  
• 44 Appointed members of council  
• 45 Chairperson and deputy chairperson  
• 46 Term of appointment of appointed members  
• 47 Ending of appointment of appointed members  
• 48 Conditions of appointment generally  

Division 5.2--Proceedings of council

• 49 Time and place of meetings of council  
• 50 Procedures governing proceedings of council  
• 51 Disclosure of interests by members of council  

PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

• 52 Secrecy  
• 53 Secrecy about information acquired under other Acts  
• 54 Protection from liability  
• 55 Determination of fees  
• 57 Regulation-making power  
DICTIONARY ENDNOTES