Western Australian Consolidated Acts

STATE RECORDS ACT 2000 - SECT 67

67 .         Commission’s right of access to government records

        (1)         A member of the Commission or a person authorized by the Commission is entitled to have access to the government records of a government organization, other than a Schedule 3 organization, for the purposes of performing the Commission’s functions.

        (2)         Subsection (1) has effect despite any other written law.

        (3)         If the relevant Minister of a Schedule 3 organization so authorizes the Commission, the Commission is entitled to have access to the government records of the organization for the purposes of performing the Commission’s functions.

        (4)         Government records to which the Commission is entitled to access under subsection (1) or (3) are not documents of the Commission for the purposes of the FOI Act.