• Specific Year
    Any

PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 2002 - SECT 6 What is a public record

PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 2002 - SECT 6

What is a public record

6 What is a public record

(1) A
"public record" is any of the following records made before or after the commencement of this Act—
(a) a record made for use by, or a purpose of, a public authority, other than a Minister or Assistant Minister;
(b) a record received or kept by a public authority, other than a Minister or Assistant Minister, in the exercise of its statutory, administrative or other public responsibilities or for a related purpose;
(c) a Ministerial record;
(d) a record of an Assistant Minister.
Editor’s note—
See also section 52 (Application of Act to certain of Governor’s records).
(2) A public record includes—
(a) a copy of a public record; and
(b) a part of a public record, or a copy of a part of a public record.