Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A State
archive that is a restricted access archive and that is not in the State
archives collection ceases to be a restricted access archive at the age stated
in respect of that archive by the record keeping plan of the
government organization that has control of it.
(2) A State archive
that is a restricted access archive and that is in the State archives
collection ceases to be a restricted access archive —
(a) at
the age set for that archive by the record keeping plan of the
government organization that transferred it to the collection at the time it
was transferred; or
(b) the
age set by the Commission under section 37 or under subsection (4).
(3) An application may
be made to the Commission for a direction changing the age at which a
restricted access archive in the State archives collection ceases to be a
restricted access archive by the State organization that transferred the
archive to the collection or by an authorized applicant.
(4) On such an
application the Commission may change the age at which the restricted access
archive ceases to be so.
(5) The Director must
give effect to any direction made by the Commission.