Western Australian Consolidated Acts

STATE RECORDS ACT 2000 - SECT 74

74 .         Director’s right of access to government records

        (1)         The Director is entitled to have access to the government records of a government organization, other than a Schedule 3 organization, for the purposes of monitoring the organization’s compliance with its record keeping plan and this Act.

        (2)         Subsection (1) has effect despite any other written law.

        (3)         If the relevant Minister of a Schedule 3 organization so authorizes the Director, the Director is entitled to have access to the government records of the organization for the purposes of monitoring the organization’s compliance with its record keeping plan and this Act.

        (4)         Government records to which the Director is entitled to access under subsection (1) or (3) are not documents of the Director for the purposes of the FOI Act.