Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

ARCHIVES (RECORDS OF THE PARLIAMENT) REGULATIONS 2019 (F2019L00282) - REG 31A

                   A Class A record, a Class C record, or part of a Class A record or Class C record, may be made available for public access:

                     (a)  with the permission of:

                              (i)  in the case of a record laid before the Senate--the Senate by resolution; or

                             (ii)  in any other case--the Presiding Officer; or

                     (b)  in accordance with a parliamentary practice, other than a normal administrative practice of a Parliamentary Department that is a normal administrative practice of which the Archives has notified that Department in writing that it disapproves.

30  Before subsection 33(1)

Insert:

       (1AA)  A Class A record or a Class C record is an exempt record.

31  Subsection 33(1)

Omit "Commonwealth record", substitute "Class B record".

32  Subparagraph 33(1)(b)(i)

Omit "or to a person who received the communication on behalf of the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth", substitute ", to a parliamentary body or to a person who received the communication on behalf of the Commonwealth, an authority of the Commonwealth or a parliamentary body".

33  Subsections 33(2) and (3)

Omit "Commonwealth record", substitute "Class B record".

34  Subsection 35(1)

Omit "responsible Minister or a person authorized by the responsible Minister", substitute "Presiding Officer".

35  Subsection 35(1)

Omit "Commonwealth records" (wherever occurring), substitute "Class B records".

36  Subsection 35(5)

Omit "Commonwealth records", substitute "Class B records".

37  Subsections 36(1) and (2)

Omit "a record" (wherever occurring), substitute "a Class B record".

38  Subsection 36(3)

After "applied for access", insert "to a Class B record".

39  Subsection 36(4)

After "access" (first occurring), insert "to a Class B record".

40  Paragraph 36(4)(a)

Omit "another Commonwealth institution", substitute "a parliamentary body".

41  Section 37 (heading)

Omit " records ", substitute " Class B records ".

42  Subsection 37(1)

Omit "any record", substitute "a Class B record".

43  Section 38

Omit "a record", substitute "a Class B record".

44  Subsection 39(1)

Omit "a record", substitute "a Class B record".

45  Subsection 39(1)

Omit "Commonwealth record", substitute "Class B record".

46  Subsection 39(2)

Omit "a record" (first and second occurring), substitute "a Class B record".

47  Subsection 39(2)

Omit "Commonwealth record", substitute "Class B record".

48  Subsection 39(2)

Omit "such a record" (wherever occurring), substitute "such a Class B record".

49  At the end of Division 3 of Part V

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