ARCHIVES ACT 1983 - SECT 64 Custody of material of the Archives other than by Archives

ARCHIVES ACT 1983 - SECT 64

  (1)   Subject to any other law of the Commonwealth and to the rights of Commonwealth institutions, the Archives may, if the Director - General considers it appropriate to do so, make arrangements with a person for records required to be transferred to the care of the Archives, or for material of the Archives, to be kept in the custody of the person.

  (2)   Such arrangements must:

  (a)   provide for the care of the material to which the arrangements relate; and

  (b)   provide for the regular inspection of that material by the Archives; and

  (c)   enable the Archives to meet its obligations under subsections   29(3), 30(1) and 31(1) in respect of that material; and

  (d)   require the person with the custody of the records to transfer the custody of the records to the Archives if the Director - General so directs.

Note:   Subsections   29(3), 30(1) and 31(1) deal with the availability of records.

  (3)   All material of the Archives that has been delivered to the Archives in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968 , other than Commonwealth records, shall, subject to the consent of the Director - General of the National Library of Australia, be deposited by the Archives with the National Library of Australia.