Territory Records Act 2002

This section applies to an agency that exercises functions (inter‑government functions) under a law, or under an agreement or other arrangement between governments, that provides for the exercise of functions by the agency jointly or in cooperation with a public body of the Commonwealth or a State.

Note State includes the Northern Territory (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1).

The director may enter into an agreement (an inter-government records agreement) with the agency about the agency’s rights and obligations in relation to the making, keeping, protection and control of and access to the agency’s inter-government records.

An inter-government records agreement may exclude or modify the operation of a provision of this Act in its application to inter‑government records.

This Act has effect in relation to an inter-government record mentioned in subsection (3) in accordance with the inter‑government records agreement.

In this section:

inter-government record, of an agency, means a record of the agency that relates to its inter-government functions.

public body means a body established for a public purpose.