Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Records Act 1973 - SECT 10

Records may be withheld for 30 years

10. Records may be withheld for 30 years



(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister by notice published in the
Government Gazette may declare that any specified records or records of a
specified class transferred or to be transferred from a public office to the
Public Record Office shall not be available for public inspection for a period
specified in the declaration, being a period of not more than 30 years, after
the date of their transfer to the Public Record Office.

(2) A declaration under subsection (1) may only be made with the agreement of
the Minister responsible for the administration of the public office
concerned.

(3) A declaration under subsection (1) may not be varied or revoked.