12Consent to destruction or disposal of certain Commonwealth records

12 Consent to destruction or disposal of certain Commonwealth records

(1) This section applies if: (a) Commonwealth records of a Commonwealth institution, or records included in a class of such records, are, in accordance with an arrangement approved by the Archives, being kept temporarily in the custody of the Archives for a period; and (b) the Archives has requested, by written notice, the institution’s consent to the destruction or other disposal of the records; and (c) at the time the request was made, the period had expired or would expire within 90 days. (2) The institution must respond in writing to the request, as soon as is reasonably practicable, by: (a) consenting to the proposed destruction or other disposal of the records; or (b) requesting that the Archives retain the records for a further period for the reasons set out in the response.