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STATE RECORDS ACT 2000

Table of Provisions

PART 1 -- Preliminary  

  • 1 Short title
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  • 2 Commencement
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  • 3 Terms used
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  • 4 Authorised applicant, meaning of
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  • 5 Act binds Crown
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  • 6 Application of Act to records created or received before commencement
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  • 7 Application of Act to State organizations
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  • 8 Application of Act to former government organizations
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  • 9 Relationship of this Act with other enactments
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  • 10 Individual responsible for State organization’s obligations

PART 2 -- Record keeping plans for parliamentary departments  

  • 11 Content of plans
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  • 12 Parliamentary departments to have plans
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  • 13 Amending plans
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  • 14 Review of plans
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  • 15 Effect of plans

PART 3 -- Record keeping plans for government organizations

Division 1 -- General  

  • 16 Content of plans
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  • 17 Effect of plans

Division 2 -- Plans of government organizations other than those to which Division 3 applies  

  • 18 Application
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  • 19 Government organizations to have plans
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  • 20 Existing organizations to lodge draft plans
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  • 21 New organizations to lodge draft plans
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  • 22 Director to report on draft plans
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  • 23 Commission may approve draft plans
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  • 24 Amending plans

Division 3 -- Plans of the Commission, the State Records Office and Schedule 3 organizations  

  • 25 Commission to have plan
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  • 26 State Records Office to have plan
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  • 27 Schedule 3 organizations to have plans

Division 4 -- Reviews of and periodic reports about plans  

  • 28 Review of plans
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  • 29 Government organizations to report periodically
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  • 30 Reports to be given to Parliament

PART 4 -- Control of State records  

  • 31 Control of records that are not State archives
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  • 32 State archives to be transferred to State archives collection
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  • 33 Contracting-out of record keeping not prevented

PART 5 -- State archives

Division 1 -- General  

  • 34 State archives identified
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  • 35 State archives collection
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  • 36 Director has control of State archives collection

Division 2 -- Restricted access archives  

  • 37 Restricted access archives identified
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  • 38 When archives cease to be restricted access archives

Division 3 -- Archives keeping plan  

  • 39 Director to have plan
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  • 40 Approval of plan
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  • 41 Plan to be reviewed
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  • 42 Periodic report about plan

Division 4 -- Destruction of archives  

  • 43 Destruction of archives

PART 6 -- Access to government records  

  • 44 Records that are not State archives
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  • 45 State archives that are not restricted access archives
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  • 46 Restricted access archives
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  • 47 Archives at least 75 years old
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  • 48 Archives containing exceptionally sensitive information
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  • 49 Medical etc. information, limited access to
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  • 50 Applying for access to State archives
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  • 51 Access to archives may be controlled

PART 7 -- Recovering government records  

  • 52 Direction to deliver
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  • 53 Court action to recover
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  • 54 Compensation for recovered records
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  • 55 Reciprocal agreements to recover government records
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  • 56 No limitation period etc.

PART 8 -- State Records Commission

Division 1 -- General  

  • 57 Commission established
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  • 58 Membership
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  • 59 Provisions about membership and meetings
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  • 60 Functions
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  • 61 Principles and standards
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  • 62 Committees of Commission
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  • 63 Facilities and services for Commission
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  • 64 Annual and special reports to Parliament

Division 2 -- Relationship with the Minister  

  • 65 Commission to be generally independent
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  • 66 Minister to have access to information

Division 3 -- Investigative powers  

  • 67 Commission’s right of access to government records
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  • 68 Commission may request report on record keeping
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  • 69 Commission to have powers of special inquirer under Public Sector Management Act 1994

PART 9 -- Administrative matters  

  • 70 Director of State Records
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  • 71 Staff
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  • 72 State Records Office
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  • 73 Director’s functions
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  • 74 Director’s right of access to government records
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  • 75 Director’s contractual powers

PART 10 -- General  

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