New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE RECORDS ACT 1998 - SECT 17

17 Disputes between Authority and public offices

(1) If there is a dispute between the Authority and a public office concerning the operation of this Act and the parties have after reasonable efforts been unable to resolve the dispute themselves, either party may request a review of the matter by the responsible Ministers (namely, the Minister responsible for the Authority and the Minister responsible for the public office concerned).

(2) If the same Minister is responsible for both the Authority and the public office concerned, the review is to be by that Minister.

(3) There is to be no review under this section of a decision of the Authority to give or withhold permission for, or to approve of a practice or procedure involving, the taking of any action referred to in section 21 (Protection measures).

(4) If the dispute is not resolved by the responsible Ministers or Minister, the dispute is to be referred to the Premier or to such other Minister as the Premier may designate in a particular case.

(5) The Authority and the public office are to give effect to any direction given by a Minister or the Premier in resolution of the dispute.