Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Records Act 1973 - SECT 14

Power to appoint place outside Public Record Office for deposit of public records

14. Power to appoint place outside Public Record Office for deposit of public
records



(1) Where it appears to the Minister that a place outside the Public Record
Office is suitable for the safe-keeping and preservation of public records he
may appoint it as a place of deposit for any specified class of public
records.

(2) The Keeper of Public Records may from time to time cause public records of
the appropriate class to be transferred to a place of deposit appointed under
this section or to be transferred from such a place to the Public Record
Office.

(3) Public records in a place of deposit appointed under this section shall be
in the custody and under the control of the Keeper of Public Records.

(4) The Minister may, out of moneys lawfully available for the purpose, make
money available for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a place of
deposit appointed under this section.

(5) The Keeper of Public Records may at any reasonable time enter a place of
deposit appointed under this section to inspect the safe-keeping and
preservation of the public records in that place.