Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In addition to the
Director’s other functions under this Act, the Director’s
functions are —
(a) to
advise government organizations on record keeping and on training their staff
in record keeping and to assist in such matters;
(b) to
advise government organizations on the preparation of and compliance with
record keeping plans;
(c) as
to those State archives in the State archives collection to which there is
unrestricted access, to provide —
(i)
an information service about them;
(ii)
public access to them; and
(iii)
appropriate facilities and services to enable them to be
effectively used for administrative requirements and for study and research;
(d) to
create and maintain a register of all State archives, including those that are
not in the State archives collection;
(e) to
provide such advice and assistance to the Commission as the Commission
requests; and
(f) to
report to the Commission about —
(i)
the operation and effectiveness of this Act; and
(ii)
any breach or suspected breach of this Act by any person
or State organization.
(2) The
Director’s function under subsection (1)(f)(ii) has effect despite any
duty to keep information secret that the Director has under any other written
law, whether enacted before or after the commencement of this Act.
(3) The Director may,
either generally or as provided by the instrument of delegation, delegate to
any person any of the Director’s functions under this Act except this
power of delegation.
(4) Performance of a
function by a delegate is to be treated as performance by the Director.