New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE RECORDS ACT 1998 - SECT 32

32 Museums of History NSW can be required to take control of records in some cases

(1) If Museums of History NSW is entitled to control of a State record and the record is more than 25 years old, the public office that has control of the record can request Museums of History NSW to take control of the record.

(2) Museums of History NSW must comply with the request within a reasonable time after it is made unless--

(a) Museums of History NSW and the public office enter into an agreement under which the public office is to keep control of the record, or

(b) Museums of History NSW undertakes to pay the reasonable costs to be incurred by the public office in keeping control of the record and of fulfilling its obligations under section 14 (Obligation to maintain accessibility to equipment/technology dependent records) with respect to the record, or

(c) the public office is, in respect of the record, in breach of guidelines issued under section 29 as to how State records are to be made available to Museums of History NSW, or

(d) Museums of History NSW gives the public office permission to dispose of the record.

(3) A request under this section can be made so as to relate to a series, group or class of records instead of being made in relation to an individual record.

(4) Each public office must make arrangements with Museums of History NSW for, and provide information to Museums of History NSW in connection with, the transfer of State records under this section as prescribed by the regulations.