New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE RECORDS ACT 1998 - SECT 30

30 How the Authority takes control of a record

(1) The Authority takes control of a State record by taking the record into its possession or custody or by entering into an agreement, understanding or other arrangement whereby some other person (which can include the public office that is responsible for the record) is to have possession or custody of the record.

(2) Any such agreement, understanding or other arrangement must include provision for facilitating the giving of access to records in accordance with this Act.

Note: An agreement under this section with a public office could provide for the payment by the Authority of the reasonable costs to be incurred by the public office in complying with section 14 (Obligation to maintain accessibility to equipment/technology dependent records) in respect of a record to which the agreement applies.