New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE RECORDS ACT 1998 - SECT 36A

36A Arrangements to copy, publish or give access to State archives

(1) Museums of History NSW may enter into an arrangement (an
"access arrangement" ) with a person, including a person outside the State, under which Museums of History NSW gives the person access to State archives that are open to public access under this Act to enable the person to make, publish or give other persons access to, copies of the State archives.

(2) The access arrangement may--

(a) allow the person to alter copies of the State archives, or

(b) provide for the way the person can make, publish or give other persons access to, copies of the State archives, including arrangements for publishing or giving access to copies outside the State, or

(c) allow the person to charge a fee for publishing or giving access to copies of the State archives.

(3) The access arrangement may be a commercial arrangement under which the person is required to pay a fee to Museums of History NSW.

(4) If the access arrangement allows the person to give other persons access to copies of the State archives, section 62 extends to the giving of access by the person under the arrangement in the same way the section applies to the giving of access to a record under this Act by an access provider.

(5) This section does not--

(a) give Museums of History NSW power to override a right in the nature of copyright, or

(b) give a party to an access arrangement power to do something that would be an infringement of copyright.