FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 15 Documents in the Public Record Office

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982 - SECT 15

    (1)     For the purpose of this Act, a document, other than a document of the kind referred to in section 14(1)(c), that has been placed in the custody of the Public Record Office of Victoria by an agency shall be deemed to be in the possession of that agency or, if that agency no longer exists, the agency to the functions of which the document is most closely related.

S. 15(2) amended by No. 38/1999 s. 6(a), repealed by No. 67/2014 s. 147(Sch. 2 item 18.2).

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S. 15(3) amended by No. 30/2006 s. 23(1).

    (3)     Section 9, section 10, section 10AA and sections 23(a) and 23(c) of the Public Records Act 1973 shall not be read so as to prevent a person from obtaining access to a document in the custody of the Public Record Office of Victoria to which that person may obtain access in accordance with this Act.

S. 15(4) repealed by No. 30/2006 s. 23(2).

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    (5)     Subsection (1) shall apply to a document which was placed in the custody of the Public Record Office of Victoria before the date of commencement of this section as if the document had been so placed after the date of commencement of this section.

    (6)     For the purposes of this Act, a document that has been placed by an agency (including the Public Record Office) in a place of deposit appointed in accordance with section 14 of the Public Records Act 1973 shall be deemed to be in the possession of that agency or, if that agency no longer exists, the agency to the functions of which the document is most closely related if that agency concerned is entitled to access to the document.

    (7)     Subsection (6) shall apply to a document which was placed in a place of deposit before the commencement of this section as if the document had been so placed after the date of commencement of this section.