New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsA State record is an estray for the purposes of this Act if it is owned by the State or an agency of the State but is not under the control of the public office responsible for the record (except as a result of being under the control of Museums of History NSW or of some other person with lawful authority).
Note--: Examples of estrays are State records owned by the State that have been abandoned or that have been removed from or transferred out of the control of the responsible public office without lawful authority. A State record that has been transferred with lawful authority can become an estray if that authority is subsequently revoked and the record is not returned. Museums of History NSW can give permission under section 21 to the transfer of a State record.