Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), the restricted access period, for the following records starts on the day the record is made and ends 30 years after the day of the last action on the record--
(a) a public record classified by a public authority as containing potentially exempt matter mentioned in section 36 or 37 of the FOI Act;
Editor's Note--
FOI Act, section 36 (Cabinet matter) or 37 (Executive Council matter)
(b) a Ministerial record;
(c) a record of a Parliamentary Secretary.
(2) If a public record mentioned in subsection (1) is also classified by the responsible public authority for the record as containing potentially exempt matter mentioned in section 44 of the FOI Act, the restricted access period for the record is the longer of the following periods--
(a) the period starting on the day the record is made and ending 30 years after the day of the last action on the record;
(b) the period starting on the day the record is made and ending on--
(i) if subparagraph (ii) does not apply, the day stated in a written notice given to the archivist by the responsible public authority for the record when the record is given to the archives; or
(ii) the day stated in the latest written notice given, under section 19, to the archivist by the responsible public authority.
(3) The restricted access period for any other public record starts on the day the record is made and ends on--
(a) if paragraph (b) does not apply, the day stated in a written notice given to the archivist by the responsible public authority for the record when the record is given to the archives; or
(b) the day stated in the latest written notice given, under section 19, to the archivist by the responsible public authority.
(4) The day stated in a notice mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) must not be later than--
(a) for a record classified by a public authority as containing potentially exempt matter mentioned in section 44 of the FOI Act--the last day of the year that is not more than 100 years after the day of the last action on the record; or
(b) for a record classified by a public authority as containing potentially exempt matter mentioned in section 42, 42A, 43 or 46 of the FOI Act--the last day of the year that is not more than 65 years after the day of the last action on the record; or
(c) for another public record--the last day of the year that is not more than 30 years after the day of the last action on the record.
(5) Subsections (1), (2) and (4)(a) and (b) apply as if the public authority in all cases were an agency under the FOI Act.