New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE RECORDS ACT 1998 - SECT 51

51 Access directions for records in open access period

(1) A State record is deemed to be the subject of an OPA direction on the commencement of the record's open access period, unless the record is already the subject of a CPA direction.

(2) A public office may give a CPA direction for a State record that it is responsible for, whether before or after the commencement of the record's open access period.

(3) A CPA direction--

(a) does not affect other entitlements to access that arise independently of this Act, and

(b) does not prevent access to the record from being given voluntarily.

(4) Any person is entitled to be given access to a record that is open to public access as provided by this Part.

(5) This Part does not prevent the giving of access to a State record independently of this Act, whether or not the record is in the open access period.