STATE RECORDS ACT 1997 - SECT 21
STATE RECORDS ACT 1997 - SECT 21
21—Recovery of official records in private hands
(1) If the Manager
believes that a person has custody or possession of an official record
otherwise than in an official capacity (and whether or not ownership of the
record has passed to that person), he or she may, by notice in writing,
require the person to deliver the record into the custody of State Records
within a period specified in the notice.
(2) If a person fails
to comply with a notice given under subsection (1), the Magistrates Court
may, on the application of the Manager, order the person to deliver the record
into the custody of State Records on or before a day specified in the order.
(3) The Minister may,
at the Minister's discretion, on application in writing by a person who has
delivered a record into the custody of State Records as a result of a
requirement or order under this section, make a payment to the person in
compensation for deprivation of the record.