STATE RECORDS ACT 1997 - SECT 9
STATE RECORDS ACT 1997 - SECT 9
9—Establishment of Council
(1) The State Records
Council is established.
(2) The Council is to
consist of nine persons appointed by the Minister, of whom—
(a) one
will be a historian nominated by the Minister to whom the administration of
the History Trust of South Australia Act 1981 is committed after
consultation with academic historians from South Australian tertiary education
institutions; and
(b) one
will be a person eligible for professional membership of the Australian
Society of Archivists; and
(c) one
will be a person eligible for membership of the Records Management Association
of Australia; and
(d) one
will be the chief executive of an agency nominated by the Commissioner for
Public Sector Employment, or a delegate of the chief executive; and
(e) one
will be a person with experience in local government (who may, but need not,
be a member or officer of a council) nominated by the Local Government
Association of South Australia; and
(f) one
will be a person with practical business experience; and
(g) one
will be a person nominated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and
(h) one
will be an Aboriginal person engaged in historical research involving the use
of official records nominated by the Chief Executive of the administrative
unit of the Public Service that is, under a Minister, responsible for the
administration of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 ; and
(i)
one will be a person who, as a member of the public,
makes use of official records in the custody of State Records for research
purposes.
(3) One member of the
Council will be appointed by the Minister to chair the Council.
(4) At least two
members of the Council must be women and at least two must be men.