Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ARCHIVES ACT 1983

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Short title.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Extension to Territories  
   5.      Establishment and functions of Australian Archives  
   6.      Powers of Archives  
   7.      Director-General  
   8.      Delegation by Director-General  
   9.      Staff  
   10.     Advisory Council on Australian Archives  
   11.     Functions of Council  
   12.     Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Council  
   13.     Deputies of members  
   14.     Remuneration and allowances of members  
   15.     Termination of office of member  
   16.     Resignation of member  
   17.     Meetings of the Council  
   18.     Records of the Parliament  
   19.     Court records  
   20.     Regulations and arrangements relating to certain records  
   21.     Archives may be given custody of certain records  
   22.     Records of Royal Commissions  
   23.     Records of inter-governmental authorities  
   24.     Disposal, destruction, &c., of Commonwealth records  
   25.     Advice to Council on disposal practices  
   26.     Alteration of Commonwealth records  
   27.     Transfer of Commonwealth records to Archives  
   28.     Archives to have access to records  
   29.     Exemption of certain records  
   30.     Commonwealth records to be available to Commonwealth institutions  
   31.     Records in open access period to be publicly available  
   32.     Consultation with States  
   33.     Exempt records  
   34.     Certificates by Ministers as to certain exempt records  
   35.     Identification of exempt records  
   36.     Forms of access  
   37.     Conditions in respect of proper care of records  
   38.     Access to part of exempt record  
   39.     Information as to existence of certain documents  
   40.     Notification of decisions  
   41.     Interpretation  
   42.     Internal reconsideration of decisions  
   43.     Applications to Administrative Appeals Tribunal  
   44.     Powers of Tribunal  
   45.     Proceedings upon exercise of powers under sub-section 44 (5) or (6)  
   46.     Constitution of Tribunal for purposes of proceedings under sub-section 44 (5) or (6)  
   47.     Hearing of certain proceedings before the Tribunal  
   48.     Modification of section 42 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975  
   49.     Production to the Tribunal of records in relation to which a certificate has been issued  
   50.     Parties  
   51.     Onus  
   52.     Tribunal to ensure non-disclosure of certain matters  
   53.     Production of exempt records  
   54.     Evidence of certificates  
   55.     Complaints to Ombudsman  
   56.     Arrangements for accelerated or special access  
   57.     Protection against certain actions  
   58.     Access to records apart from Act  
   59.     Security classifications  
   60.     Transitional provisions relating to access  
   61.     Declaration of objects of archival significance  
   62.     Samples of material for Archives  
   63.     Location of material of the Archives  
   64.     Custody of material of the Archives other than by Archives  
   65.     Australian National Register of Records  
   66.     Australian National Guide to Archival Material  
   67.     Australian National Register of Research Involving Archives  
   68.     Annual Report  
   69.     Certified copies of records  
   70.     Transitional  
   71.     Regulations