Section 14Part 5 — Archival Records and Library Collections
Archival property
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The archival property of the National Archive shall consist of —
records, publications and items which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, were in the custody of the National Archive for preservation; and
records or property acquired or obtained under this Part.
Archival property shall be arranged, described, indexed, stored and preserved, and made accessible, in accordance with professionally recognised standards of archival supervision.
Archival property shall be accessible to public agencies, institutions and members of the public in accordance with such conditions as the National Archivist may impose —
for the preservation of the property concerned;
for the protection of any person's privacy; or
in order to observe or give effect to any condition or agreement on which the property was acquired by the National Archive.
Subsection (3) applies whether access is sought in pursuance of a statutory or other right or otherwise.
Any record or thing that, by the operation of this Act or otherwise, has become archival property but which, in the opinion of the National Archivist, is not or has ceased to be of any archival value may be disposed of in such manner as the National Archivist may determine.