Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

TERRITORY RECORDS ACT 2002 - SECT 33

    (1)     The director has the following functions:

        (a)     to develop and approve standards and codes for records management by agencies;

        (b)     to assist in the development of an agency's records management program and amendments of the program;

        (c)     to encourage consistency in records management programs between agencies;

        (d)     on behalf of the Territory or an agency, to recover possession or control of records that, for whatever reason, are not under the control of an agency;

        (e)     to give advice to agencies about the preparation of, and to approve, schedules for the disposal of records under records management programs;

        (f)     to examine the operation of the records management program of an agency and the agency's compliance with this Act and the program and report on the operation and compliance;

        (g)     to advise the Minister on any matter relevant to records management or the operation of this Act;

        (h)     to give assistance, advice and training to agencies in records management;

              (i)     to develop measures for the preservation of records about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage;

        (j)     to encourage consistency between agencies in the preparation of indexes and other guides to assist in the awareness of, and access to, records;

        (k)     to encourage the development of appropriate records management training for agency staff;

        (l)     on behalf of the Territory or an agency, to enter into and manage arrangements with the National Archives of Australia or any other entity about records management;

        (m)     to assist in the development of facilities for access by the public to records;

        (n)     to exercise any other function given to the director under this Act or any other Territory law;

        (o)     to do anything else—

              (i)     incidental, complementary or helpful to the director's other functions; or

              (ii)     likely to improve the effective and efficient exercise of the director's other functions.

Note 1     A provision of a law that gives an entity (including a person) a function also gives the entity the powers necessary and convenient to exercise the function (see Legislation Act, s 196 (1) and dict, pt 1, defs entity and function ).

Note 2     The Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act 2004 , s 6 (Annual report of public authority) deals with the annual report to be given by a statutory office-holder who is declared to be a public authority under that Act.

    (2)     In subsection (1) (f):

"report" means—

        (a)     for an agency mentioned in section 7 (Meaning of agency ) other than a board of inquiry or royal commission—report to the Minister; and

        (b)     for a board of inquiry or royal commission—report to the Legislative Assembly.