ASIC entitled to custody of certain original records of the HIH Royal Commission
4 ASIC entitled to custody of certain original records of the HIH Royal Commission
ASIC is, by force of this section, entitled to the custody of records that:
are deemed, by subsection 22(2) of the Archives Act 1983, to be Commonwealth records for the purposes of that Act; and
are documents or things that were produced to the HIH Royal Commission;
as if a direction to that effect were in force under subsection 22(3) of the Archives Act 1983 at all times after the commencement of this Act.
This subsection applies to documents or things that were actually produced to the HIH Royal Commission. For the obligation to provide ASIC with electronic copies of such documents or things, see section 5.
The Commonwealth must ensure that the records to which subsection (1) applies are provided or made available to ASIC as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act.
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