ARCHIVES ACT 1983

Table of Provisions

PART I - Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Interpretation
• 4 Act to bind Crown in right of Tasmania
• 5 Act not to apply to certain records

PART II - Archives Office Division 1 - Continuance of office,

• 6 Continuance of Archives Office
• 7 Appointment of State Archivist, &c.

Division 2 - Functions, &c., of State Archivist, &c.

• 8 Responsibilities and powers of State Archivist
• 9 Power to accept gifts, &c.

PART III - Records and State Archives Division 1 - Preservation and

• 10 Preservation of State records
• 10A State Archivist may issue guidelines
• 11 Transfer of State records to Archives Office
• 12 Recovery of State records
• 13 Compensation
• 14 Injunctions
• 15 Conditions may be imposed on the making of State archives available
for public inspection
• 16 Certain persons prohibited from disclosing or divulging contents of
certain records
• 16A Conditions relating to Independent Review records
• 17 Archives to become property of Crown in certain cases

Division 2 - Access to and availability of State archives

• 18 Access to State archives
• 19 State records to be available to Government department, &c.

Division 3 - Dealings with State records and State archives

• 20 Disposal, destruction, &c., of State records
• 21 Alterations, &c., of State record
• 22 Parliamentary records to be returned to Parliament on request

PART IV - Miscellaneous Division 1 - Evidentiary matters

• 23 Certified copies of records
• 24 Certificate of destruction of State archives
• 25 Courts, &c., to take judicial notice of seal of Archives Office
• 26 Legal validity of records, &c.

Division 2 - Other matters

• 27 Access to records apart from this Act
• 28 Protection against certain actions
• 29 Regulations
• 30 Repeals, savings, and transitional provisions
SCHEDULE 1

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