Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Unless its record
keeping plan says otherwise, a government organization must transfer a State
archive that is under its control to the State archives collection when
the archive becomes 25 years old.
(2) A government
organization may transfer a State archive under its control to the State
archives collection before the archive becomes 25 years old if the
organization does not require the archive for current administrative purposes.
(3) A State
organization must give the Director at least 30 days written notice of
its intention to transfer a State archive to the State archives collection.
(4) If the Director is
unable to accept the transfer of the State archive to the State archives
collection at the intended time, the Director must give the State organization
written notice of that fact and directions as to keeping the archive until the
Director is able to accept the transfer of the archive.
(5) A State
organization that is given notice under subsection (4) must comply with
the directions at its expense.
(6) When a State
archive is transferred to the State archives collection by a State
organization —
(a) the
organization’s record keeping plan ceases to apply to the archive; and
(b) the
organization ceases to have control of it.
(7) This section does
not apply to a government organization until a record keeping plan has been
approved under Part 3 in respect of it.