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Public Records Act 2005

Recordkeeping requirements - Estray records, prescribed records, protected records, Ministers’ papers, and private records - Prescribed records

39: Acquisition of prescribed records

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"Getting Important Records for Safekeeping"

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The Chief Archivist can tell someone to copy a prescribed record and pay for it. You need to know the Chief Archivist is in charge of this process. The Chief Archivist can also get a prescribed record from someone, with or without paying them, if they agree on the conditions. The Chief Archivist makes decisions about prescribed records. You have records that might be prescribed, and the Chief Archivist can get them. The Chief Archivist and the record owner must agree on the conditions for getting the record. The Chief Archivist has the power to get prescribed records in different ways. You might have a prescribed record, and the Chief Archivist can copy it or get it from you. The Chief Archivist will decide how to get the prescribed record, and the conditions for getting it.

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Part 2Recordkeeping requirements
Estray records, prescribed records, protected records, Ministers’ papers, and private records: Prescribed records

39Acquisition of prescribed records

  1. The Chief Archivist may—

  2. direct that a prescribed record be copied for, and at the expense of, the Chief Archivist:
    1. acquire a prescribed record, whether or not with compensation, on the conditions agreed by the Chief Archivist and the person who has the custody, management, control, or ownership of the prescribed record.