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CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 346B
Declarations etc. relating to inquiry public records
(1) The main purposes of this section are— (a) to make declarations about
the lawfulness and validity of actions taken before 9 November 2013 under or
purportedly under this Act and the Public Records Act 2002 in relation to
inquiry public records and the application of restricted access periods to
those records (including changes to the periods); and
(b) to apply a new
restricted access period to all inquiry public records given to the archives
before 9 November 2013; and
(c) to provide for changes to be made under this
section to the restricted access period for an inquiry public record mentioned
in paragraph (b) in a way that does not limit the application of the
Public Records Act 2002 .
(2) It is declared that an inquiry public record
given to the archives before 9 November 2013 by the commission or purportedly
by the commission— (a) was and continues to be a public record lawfully
given to the archives despite anything to the contrary in this Act, including,
for example, section 375 ; and
(b) was and continues to be validly given to
the archives by the commission as the responsible public authority for that
public record under the Public Records Act 2002.
(3) It is also declared that
a restricted access period for an inquiry public record that applied, or
purportedly applied, under the Public Records Act 2002 before 9 November 2013,
because of an action by the commission or purportedly by the commission, was
validly applied under that Act as the restricted access period for the
inquiry public record.
(4) Despite subsection (3) , for each
inquiry public record mentioned in subsection (2) a new
restricted access period of 65 years after the day of the last action on the
record, by this subsection, applies to the public record.
(5) The commission
may, by written notice given to the archivist, change the
restricted access period for an inquiry public record as applied under
subsection (4) or as changed by a notice previously given under this
subsection.
(6) For the Public Records Act 2002 , part 2 , division 3 — (a)
the restricted access period for an inquiry public record as applied under
subsection (4) is taken to be the restricted access period under that Act for
the record; and
(b) a notice given under subsection (5) for an
inquiry public record is taken to be a restricted access notice given under
section 19 of that Act for that record.
(7) Except as otherwise provided,
this section does not limit the application of the Public Records Act 2002 in
relation to an inquiry public record or the restricted access period for an
inquiry public record, including, for example, the application of any
provision in part 2 , division 3 of that Act. Note for subsection (7)—
Nothing in this section prevents a notice being given under the
Public Records Act 2002 , section 19 , to change the restricted access period
applied under subsection (4) , or changed under subsection (5) , for an
inquiry public record.
(8) This section applies despite — (a) anything to
the contrary in this Act or the Public Records Act 2002 ; or
(b) anything
done or omitted to be done before 9 November 2013 under, or purportedly done
under, this Act or the Public Records Act 2002 in relation to an
inquiry public record.
(9) In this section—
"archives" see the Public Records Act 2002 , schedule 2 .
"archivist" see section 346A (4) .
"disclosed document" see section 346A (4) .
"given to" , in relation to an inquiry public record, includes made available
for inspection by.
"inquiry" section 346A (4) .
"inquiry public record" means either of the following whether or not it is
also a disclosed document— (a) a document relating to the inquiry;
(b) a
document, to the extent it relates to the inquiry, created by the archivist or
the commission for the purpose of helping a person access a document mentioned
in paragraph (a) .
"public record" means a public record under the Public Records Act 2002 .
"responsible public authority" , for a public record, means a
responsible public authority for a public record under the
Public Records Act 2002 .
"restricted access period" , for an inquiry public record, means— (a) in
relation to the period before 9 November 2013—the restricted access period
for the inquiry public record under or purportedly under the
Public Records Act 2002 , that is declared under subsection (3) to have
validly been applied to the record, including a period as changed under that
Act; or
(b) otherwise—the new restricted access period for the
inquiry public record applied under subsection (4) or that period as changed
under— (i) subsection (5) ; or
(ii) the Public Records Act 2002 ,
section 19 .
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