Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A record placed in the custody of the Archives Office by an agency is to be taken for the purposes of this Act to be in the possession of that agency or, if that agency no longer exists, the agency the functions of which the record is most closely related to.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a record that can be inspected by the public at the Archives Office otherwise than in accordance with this Act.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), records of a Royal Commission in the custody of the Archives Office are, for the purpose of this Act, to be taken to be in the possession of the Agency (within the meaning of the State Service Act 2000) administered by the Attorney-General and charged with the administration of justice.
(4) Sections 15 and 16 of the Archives Act 1983 do not prevent a person from being provided, in accordance with this Act, with information contained in a record in the custody of the Archives Office.
(5) This Act does not affect access to records in the Archives Office in accordance with the Archives Act 1983.