Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Freedom of Information Act 1982 - SECT 15

Documents in the Public Record Office

15. Documents in the Public Record Office



(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.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), records of a Royal Commission that are in
the custody of the Public Record Office shall, for the purpose of this Act, be
deemed to be in the possession of the department administered by the
Attorney-General.

(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.





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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.