Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

ARCHIVES ACT 1983

- Act 76 of 1983
- Royal Assent 11 January 1984

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I - Preliminary

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

   PART II - Archives Office Division 1 - Continuance of office,
   &c.

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

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

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

   PART III - Records and State Archives Division 1 - Preservation and
   acquisition of State and other records

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

           Division 2 - Access to and availability of State archives

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

           Division 3 - Dealings with State records and State archives

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

   PART IV - Miscellaneous Division 1 - Evidentiary matters

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

           Division 2 - Other matters

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


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