Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Any right that a
person may have to be given access to a restricted access archive is to be
determined under the FOI Act.
(2) A restricted
access archive in the State archives collection is not a document of the
Director or of the State Records Office for the purposes of the FOI Act.
(3) If a restricted
access archive is in the State archives collection any application for access
to it must be made under the FOI Act; but if the government organization to
which the application must be made has been abolished or has ceased to be a
government organization, the application must be made —
(a) to
the successor (if any) to the former organization that took over the function
of the former organization to which the restricted access archive most closely
relates;
(b) to
the Minister administering the Royal Commissions Act 1968 if the former
organization was a Royal Commission; or
(c) to
the Director in any other case.