STATE RECORDS ACT 2000
Table of Provisions
PART 1 -- Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Terms used
- 4 Authorised applicant, meaning of
- 5 Act binds Crown
- 6 Application of Act to records created or received before commencement
- 7 Application of Act to State organizations
- 8 Application of Act to former government organizations
- 9 Relationship of this Act with other enactments
- 10 Individual responsible for State organization’s obligations
PART 2 -- Record keeping plans for parliamentary departments
- 11 Content of plans
- 12 Parliamentary departments to have plans
- 13 Amending plans
- 14 Review of plans
- 15 Effect of plans
PART 3 -- Record keeping plans for government organizations
Division 1 -- General
- 16 Content of plans
- 17 Effect of plans
Division 2 -- Plans of government organizations other than those to which Division 3 applies
- 18 Application
- 19 Government organizations to have plans
- 20 Existing organizations to lodge draft plans
- 21 New organizations to lodge draft plans
- 22 Director to report on draft plans
- 23 Commission may approve draft plans
- 24 Amending plans
Division 3 -- Plans of the Commission, the State Records Office and Schedule 3 organizations
- 25 Commission to have plan
- 26 State Records Office to have plan
- 27 Schedule 3 organizations to have plans
Division 4 -- Reviews of and periodic reports about plans
- 28 Review of plans
- 29 Government organizations to report periodically
- 30 Reports to be given to Parliament
PART 4 -- Control of State records
- 31 Control of records that are not State archives
- 32 State archives to be transferred to State archives collection
- 33 Contracting-out of record keeping not prevented
PART 5 -- State archives
Division 1 -- General
- 34 State archives identified
- 35 State archives collection
- 36 Director has control of State archives collection
Division 2 -- Restricted access archives
- 37 Restricted access archives identified
- 38 When archives cease to be restricted access archives
Division 3 -- Archives keeping plan
- 39 Director to have plan
- 40 Approval of plan
- 41 Plan to be reviewed
- 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
- 45 State archives that are not restricted access archives
- 46 Restricted access archives
- 47 Archives at least 75 years old
- 48 Archives containing exceptionally sensitive information
- 49 Medical etc. information, limited access to
- 50 Applying for access to State archives
- 51 Access to archives may be controlled
PART 7 -- Recovering government records
- 52 Direction to deliver
- 53 Court action to recover
- 54 Compensation for recovered records
- 55 Reciprocal agreements to recover government records
- 56 No limitation period etc.
PART 8 -- State Records Commission
Division 1 -- General
- 57 Commission established
- 58 Membership
- 59 Provisions about membership and meetings
- 60 Functions
- 61 Principles and standards
- 62 Committees of Commission
- 63 Facilities and services for Commission
- 64 Annual and special reports to Parliament
Division 2 -- Relationship with the Minister
- 65 Commission to be generally independent
- 66 Minister to have access to information
Division 3 -- Investigative powers
PART 9 -- Administrative matters
- 70 Director of State Records
- 71 Staff
- 72 State Records Office
- 73 Director’s functions
- 74 Director’s right of access to government records
- 75 Director’s contractual powers
PART 10 -- General
- 76 Information about Aboriginal Australians
- 77 Confidentiality
- 78 Offences
- 79 Evidential matters
- 80 Protection from defamation or breach of confidence actions
- 81 Protection from criminal actions
- 82 Protection from personal liability for wrongdoing
- 83 Crown’s rights in respect of government records
- 84 Regulations