ARCHIVES ACT 1983
Table of Provisions
PART I--PRELIMINARY
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 2A Objects of this Act
- 3 Interpretation
- 3A A company no longer established for a public purpose
- 3B Commonwealth-controlled companies or associations that are not authorities of the Commonwealth
- 3C Director-General may determine archival resources of the Commonwealth
- 4 Extension to Territories
- 4A Application of the
PART II--ESTABLISHMENT--, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA
- 5 Establishment and functions of National Archives of Australia
- 6 Powers of Archives
- 6A Records that are not part of the archival resources of the Commonwealth
PART III--THE--DIRECTOR-GENERAL AND STAFF OF THE ARCHIVES
- 7 Director-General
- 8 Delegation by Director-General
- 9 Staff
PART IV--NATIONAL--ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA ADVISORY COUNCIL
- 10 National Archives of Australia Advisory Council
- 11 Functions of Council
- 12 Chair and Deputy Chair of Council
- 13 Deputies of members
- 14 Remuneration and allowances of members
- 15 Termination of office of member
- 16 Resignation of member
- 17 Meetings of the Council
PART V--COMMONWEALTH--RECORDS
DIVISION 1--Preliminary
- 18 Records of the Parliament
- 19 Court records
- 20 Regulations and arrangements relating to certain records
- 21 Archives may be given custody of certain records
- 22 Records of Royal Commissions etc.
- 22A Cabinet notebooks
- 22B Census information
- 22C Independent Review documents and PWSS documents
- 23 Records of inter-governmental authorities
DIVISION 2--Dealings with Commonwealth records
- 24 Disposal, destruction etc. of Commonwealth records
- 25 Advice to Council on disposal practices
- 26 Alteration of Commonwealth records
- 27 Transfer of certain Commonwealth records to care of Archives
- 28 Archives to have access to records
- 28A Records of companies or associations that cease to be authorities of the Commonwealth
- 29 Exemption of certain records
- 30 Commonwealth records to be available to Commonwealth institutions
- 30A Non-disclosure of Census information
DIVISION 3--Access to Commonwealth records
- 31 Records in open access period to be publicly available
- 32 Consultation with States
- 33 Exempt records
- 35 Identification of exempt records
- 36 Forms of access
- 37 Conditions in respect of proper care of records
- 38 Access to part of exempt record
- 39 Information as to existence of certain documents
- 40 Applications for access to records
- 40A Consideration period for applications for access to records
- 40B Applications for access to records made by persons acting in concert etc.
DIVISION 4--Review of decisions
- 42 Internal reconsideration of decisions
- 43 Applications to Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- 44 Powers of Tribunal
- 50 Parties
- 50A Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security must be requested to give evidence in certain proceedings
- 51 Onus
- 52 Tribunal to ensure non-disclosure of certain matters
- 53 Production of exempt records
- 55 Complaints to Ombudsman
- 55A Automatic stay of certain decisions on appeal
DIVISION 5--Miscellaneous
- 56 Arrangements for accelerated or special access
- 57 Protection against certain actions
- 58 Access to records apart from Act
- 59 Security classifications
- 60 Transitional provisions relating to access
PART VI--SAMPLES--OF MATERIAL FOR THE ARCHIVES
- 62 Samples of material for Archives
PART VII--CARE--OF MATERIAL OF THE ARCHIVES
- 63 Location of material of the Archives
- 64 Custody of material of the Archives other than by Archives
PART IX--MISCELLANEOUS
- 68 Annual Report by the Council
- 69 Certified copies of records
- 69A Charges for discretionary service for Commonwealth institutions
- 70 Transitional
- 71 Regulations