ARCHIVES ACT 1983
ARCHIVES ACT 1983
- Act 76 of 1983 - Royal Assent 11 January 1984 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title 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, &c. 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 acquisition of State and other records 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[ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ]