Section 1 — Short title — State Records Act 2000 (Western Australia) — Barrister AI

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s 1Short title s 2Commencement s 3Terms used s 4Authorised applicant, meaning of s 5Act binds Crown s 6Application of Act to records created or received before commencement s 7Application of Act to State organisations s 8Application of Act to former government organisations s 9Relationship of this Act with other enactments s 10Individual responsible for State organisation’s obligations s 11Content of plans s 12Parliamentary departments to have plans s 13Amending plans s 14Review of plans s 15Effect of plans s 16Content of plans s 17Effect of plans s 18Application s 19Government organisations to have plans s 20Existing organisations to lodge draft plans s 21New organisations to lodge draft plans s 22Director to report on draft plans s 23Commission may approve draft plans s 24Amending plans s 25Commission to have plan s 26State Records Office to have plan s 27Schedule 3 organisations to have plans s 28Review of plans s 29Government organisations to report periodically s 30Reports to be given to Parliament s 31Control of records that are not State archives s 32State archives to be transferred to State archives collection s 33Contracting‑out of record keeping not prevented s 34State archives identified s 35State archives collection s 36Director has control of State archives collection s 37Restricted access archives identified s 38When archives cease to be restricted access archives s 39Director to have plan s 40Approval of plan s 41Plan to be reviewed s 42Periodic report about plan s 43Destruction of archives s 44Records that are not State archives s 45State archives that are not restricted access archives s 46Restricted access archives s 47Archives at least 75 years old s 48Archives containing exceptionally sensitive information s 49Medical etc. information, limited access to s 50Applying for access to State archives s 51Access to archives may be controlled s 52Direction to deliver s 53Court action to recover s 54Compensation for recovered records s 55Reciprocal agreements to recover government records s 57Commission established s 58Membership s 59Provisions about membership and meetings s 60Functions s 61Principles and standards s 62Committees of Commission s 63Facilities and services for Commission s 64Annual and special reports to Parliament s 65Commission to be generally independent s 66Minister to have access to information s 67Commission’s right of access to government records s 68Commission may request report on record keeping s 69Commission to have powers of special inquirer under Public Sector Management Act 1994 s 70Director of State Records s 71Staff s 72State Records Office s 73Director’s functions s 74Director’s right of access to government records s 75Director’s contractual powers s 76Information about Aboriginal Australians s 77Confidentiality s 78Offences s 79Evidential matters s 80Protection from defamation or breach of confidence actions s 81Protection from criminal actions s 82Protection from personal liability for wrongdoing s 83Crown’s rights in respect of government records s 84Regulations NotesNotes Compilation tableCompilation table Uncommenced provisions tableUncommenced provisions table Other notesOther notes Defined termsDefined terms

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This Act may be cited as the State Records Act 2000.

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