Section 13Part 4 — Storage of Records
Storage of public records by National Archive
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A public agency may enter into arrangements with the National Archivist for storage of any of its public records in any available storage facilities managed by the National Archive.
Subject to subsection (3), the public agency responsible for a public record in the custody of the National Archive is to have such access to, and may make such use of, the public record as it requires.
Where, in the opinion of the National Archivist, or as identified in a disposal schedule, a public record is of potential archival value, access by the responsible public agency to a public record placed in the custody of the National Archive under this section shall be subject to such reasonable conditions as the National Archivist may impose to ensure the preservation of the public record.
If there is a dispute as to conditions referred to in subsection (3), the Deputy Governor may, on application, determine the matter.
Entry by a public agency into arrangements under this section shall have no effect on the duty of the public agency to comply with a requirement imposed on it by any Law that affords members of the public a right of access to public records, and for the purposes of any such Law, the public agency shall not, by reason of anything done pursuant to such arrangements, be deemed to have ceased to hold a public record for which it is responsible or to have relinquished custody or control of it.
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