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Archives Amendment Act 2008
No. 113, 2008
An Act to amend the Archives Act 1983, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1—Amendments Archives Act 1983 Copyright Act 1968 Freedom of Information Act 1982 Privacy Act 1988
Archives Amendment Act 2008
No. 113, 2008
An Act to amend the Archives Act 1983, and for related purposes
[Assented to 31 October 2008]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Archives Amendment Act 2008.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Archives Act 1983
1 After section 2 Insert:
2A Objects of this Act
The objects of this Act are: (a) to provide for a National Archives of Australia, whose functions include: (i) identifying the archival resources of the Commonwealth; and (ii) preserving and making publicly available the archival resources of the Commonwealth; and (iii) overseeing Commonwealth record‑keeping, by determining standards and providing advice to Commonwealth institutions; and (b) to impose record‑keeping obligations in respect of Commonwealth records.
2 Subsection 3(1) Insert:
care: a record is in the care of the Archives if: (a) the record is in the custody of the Archives; or (b) the record is in the custody of a person in accordance with arrangements referred to in section 64.
3 Subsection 3(1) (definition of material of the Archives) Repeal the definition, substitute:
material of the Archives means records in the care of the Archives (other than current Commonwealth records relating to the administration of the Archives).
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