South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts10—Confidentiality of archives
(1) The
confidentiality of information entered in the central or local archives that
relates to an Aboriginal site or object must be maintained unless—
(a) the
traditional owners of the site or object have approved disclosure of the
information; or
(b)
where all reasonable steps have been taken to consult the traditional owners
but the Minister or organisation keeping the archives is satisfied that there
are no traditional owners or that they cannot be identified or located, the
Committee (in the case of the central archives), or the organisation keeping
the archives (in the case of local archives), has approved disclosure of the
information; or
(c) the
information is made available by the Minister in response to an application
under section 12.
(2) The
confidentiality of information entered in the central or local archives that
does not relate to an Aboriginal site or object must be maintained unless the
Committee (in the case of the central archives), or the organisation keeping
the archives (in the case of local archives), has approved disclosure of the
information.
(3) The disclosure of
information from the central or local archives must be on such conditions (if
any) as are stipulated by—
(a) the
traditional owners; and
(b) in
the case of information made available from—
(i)
the central archives, the Committee; and
(ii)
local archives, the organisation keeping the archives.
(4) A person must
not—
(a)
disclose information from the central or local archives contrary to this
section; or
(b) fail
to comply with a condition referred to in subsection (3).
Penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.