Power to appoint place outside Public Record Office for deposit of public records
14 Power to appoint place outside Public Record Office for deposit of public records
S. 14(1) amended by No. 17/2024 s. 23(6).
Where it appears to the Minister that a place outside the Public Record Office is suitable for the safe-keeping and preservation of public records the Minister may appoint it as a place of deposit for any specified class of public records.
The Keeper of Public Records may from time to time cause public records of the appropriate class to be transferred to a place of deposit appointed under this section or to be transferred from such a place to the Public Record Office.
Public records in a place of deposit appointed under this section shall be in the custody and under the control of the Keeper of Public Records.
S. 14(4) inserted by No. 29/1986 s. 6.
The Minister may, out of moneys lawfully available for the purpose, make money available for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a place of deposit appointed under this section.
S. 14(5) inserted by No. 29/1986 s. 6.
The Keeper of Public Records may at any reasonable time enter a place of deposit appointed under this section to inspect the safe-keeping and preservation of the public records in that place.
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