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PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 1973 - NOTES

PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 1973 - NOTES

Version No. 041

No. 8418 of 1973

Version incorporating amendments as at

15 October 2014





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Version No. 041

Public Records Act 1973

No. 8418 of 1973

Version incorporating amendments as at

15 October 2014

An Act with respect to the Establishment of a Public Record Office and the Preservation, Management and Utilization of the Public Records of the State.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):

ENDNOTES

Endnotes

        1.     General Information

The Public Records Act 1973 was assented to on 17 April 1973 and came into operation on 17 April 1973.

        2.     Table of Amendments

Endnotes

This Version incorporates amendments made to the Public Records Act 1973 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

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Public Records (Transfer of Administration) Act 1978, No. 9219/1978

Assent Date:

19.12.78

Commencement Date:

19.12.78: s. 1(3)

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Public Records (Amendment) Act 1986, No. 29/1986

Assent Date:

20.5.86

Commencement Date:

Ss 1–4, 6–8 on 1.8.86: Government Gazette 30.7.86 p. 2946; s. 5 on 20.10.94: Government Gazette 20.10.94 p. 2789—see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1989, No. 12/1989

Assent Date:

9.5.89

Commencement Date:

S. 4(1)(Sch. 2 item 101.1) on 1.11.89: Government Gazette 1.11.89 p. 2798

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Records Act 1973

Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989

Assent Date:

14.6.89

Commencement Date:

S. 4(1)(a)–(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Arts Institutions (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 29/1994

Assent Date:

31.5.94

Commencement Date:

31.5.94: s. 2

Current State:

All of Act in operation

Arts Institutions (Amendment) Act 1996, No. 61/1996

Assent Date:

17.12.96

Commencement Date:

Ss 85–87 on 6.2.97: Government Gazette 6.2.97 p. 257—see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Records Act 1973

Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998

Assent Date:

26.5.98

Commencement Date:

S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Records Act 1973

Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004

Assent Date:

21.12.04

Commencement Date:

S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 168) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Records Act 1973

Endnotes

Terrorism (Community Protection) (Further Amendment) Act 2006, No. 30/2006

Assent Date:

6.6.06

Commencement Date:

S. 18 on 7.6.06: s. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Records Act 1973

Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009

Assent Date:

24.11.09

Commencement Date:

S. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 48) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2)

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Records Act 1973

Inquiries Act 2014, No. 67/2014

Assent Date:

23.9.14

Commencement Date:

S. 147(Sch. 2 item 31) on 15.10.14: Special Gazette (No. 364) 14.10.14 p. 2

Current State:

This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Public Records Act 1973

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        3.     Explanatory Details

Endnotes

[1] S. 4(2): Section 88(1) of the Arts Institutions (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 29/1994 reads as follows:

        88     Transitional provisions

    (1)     The person holding office as Chairman of the Public Records Advisory Council under the Principal Act as in force immediately before the commencement of this section continues to hold office as President for the remainder of the term for which, and on the same terms and conditions as those on which the person was appointed as Chairman.

[2] S. 4(4A): Section 88(2) of the Arts Institutions (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 29/1994 reads as follows:

        88     Transitional provisions

    (2)     A member of the Public Records Advisory Council who—

        (a)     was appointed under the Principal Act before the commencement of this section; and

        (b)     has held office for 9 consecutive years—

continues to be a member until the expiry of his or her current term of office but on that expiry is not eligible for re-appointment except in accordance with section 4(4A) of the Principal Act.



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