Transfer of records
9 Transfer of records
(1) Except as provided under this or any other Act, all records held by the Office of the Special Investigator immediately before the commencement of this Part are to be transferred to the public office that is the Department of Justice and Community Safety unless the Attorney-General, by instrument, determines that they are to be transferred to another public office.
Note
Public interest disclosures are transferred to the IBAC under section 57(2).
Despite section 8A of the Public Records Act 1973, the public office that is the Department of Justice and Community Safety or other public office (as the case requires) must cause any record of the Office of the Special Investigator that the Keeper of Public Records has selected as worthy of preservation to be transferred to the custody of the Public Record Office as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving it.
Records transferred to the public office that is the Department of Justice and Community Safety, another public office or the Public Record Office under this section are to be held and dealt with on the same basis, and in the same manner, as the basis on which they were held, and the manner in which they could be dealt with, by the Office of the Special Investigator.
This section is subject to any arrangements made under section 2B(b) of the Public Records Act 1973.
In this section—
Keeper of Public Records has the same meaning as in the Public Records Act 1973;
public office has the same meaning as in the Public Records Act 1973;
Public Record Office means the office established by section 3 of the Public Records Act 1973.
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