Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Subject to this Part, when a State record that is in the custody or possession of a Government department, a State authority, or a local authority, or an officer or employee of a Government department, State authority, or local authority has ceased, whether before, on, or after the commencement day, to be required to be readily available for the purposes of the Crown or, as the case may be, the State or local authority or, in the case of a record that is a public State record, to be readily available for public use or reference, the relevant authority shall, unless the record has been lawfully destroyed, cause it to be delivered to the State Archivist, in accordance with arrangements made or approved by him, for depositing in the Archives Office.
(2) Subject to this Part, where a State record (not being a public state record) that is in the custody or possession of a Government department, a State authority, or a local authority, or an officer or employee of a Government department, a State authority, or a local authority, has been in existence as a State record for 25 years, the relevant authority shall, unless exempted in writing by the State Archivist cause the record to be delivered to the State Archivist as soon as it is practicable to do so for depositing in the Archives Office.
(2A) If the State Archivist grants an exemption under subsection (2), the State Archivist may also require the relevant authority to meet any conditions that the State Archivist considers appropriate in respect of the management of, and the provision of access to, the State records that are the subject of the exemption.
(3) A reference in this section to a Government department or to an officer or employee of a Government department does not include a reference to the Archives Office or to an employee employed in that Office.