(1)  The Recorder may, with the written permission of the State Archivist given in accordance with section 20 (2) (b) of the Archives Act 1983 , sell, destroy or otherwise dispose of any document or any class of document in the possession of the Recorder which the Recorder considers to be of no value for the purposes of the Register.

(2)  Before selling or disposing of a document the Recorder shall mark it as no longer valid.

(3)  For the purposes of this Act the Recorder is the Head of Agency for the purpose of section 3 of the Archives Act 1983 .

(4)  If an application is made by a person who had an estate or interest in the land specified in a document at the time that document was lodged or deposited with the Recorder, the Recorder shall, if the Recorder considers that the document is of no value for the purpose of the Register, give possession of the document to that person free of charge.

(5)  In this section document includes an instrument, a dealing, map, plan and transparency made in accordance with section 34 .