State Records Act 2000

Unless its record keeping plan says otherwise, a government organisation must transfer a State archive that is under its control to the State archives collection when the archive becomes 25 years old.

A government organisation may transfer a State archive under its control to the State archives collection before the archive becomes 25 years old if the organisation does not require the archive for current administrative purposes.

A State organisation must give the Director at least 30 days written notice of its intention to transfer a State archive to the State archives collection.

If the Director is unable to accept the transfer of the State archive to the State archives collection at the intended time, the Director must give the State organisation written notice of that fact and directions as to keeping the archive until the Director is able to accept the transfer of the archive.

A State organisation that is given notice under subsection (4) must comply with the directions at its expense.

When a State archive is transferred to the State archives collection by a State organisation —

the organisation’s record keeping plan ceases to apply to the archive; and

the organisation ceases to have control of it.

This section does not apply to a government organisation until a record keeping plan has been approved under Part 3 in respect of it.