Archives Regulations 2018
15Discretionary services for persons other than Commonwealth institutions
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15 Discretionary services for persons other than Commonwealth institutions
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 71(e) of the Act, the following table prescribes discretionary services for a person other than a Commonwealth institution and sets out the amount or rate of charge for the provision of those services.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Discretionary services etc.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Discretionary service</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Amount or rate of charge</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The storage, control, access, preservation or disposal, by a staff member, of the records of the person under an arrangement between the Archives and the person</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The amount of remuneration payable to the staff member for the period during which the service is provided, plus 160% of that amount</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Sentencing of records</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$291.50 for each metre of records</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Research conducted by a staff member ancillary to the sentencing of records</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$82.50 for each hour of research</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Transporting records to the Archives</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$38.50 for each metre of records</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Making shelf space available for the storage of records</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$11.50 for each metre of records per year of storage</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Making shelf space available in an air</span><span>‑</span><span>conditioned repository for the storage of records</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$19.50 for each metre of records per year of storage</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Making shelf space available in an air</span><span>‑</span><span>conditioned vault for the storage of records</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$20.50 for each metre of records per year of storage</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Serviced storage of records that have been sentenced</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) for the first year of storage—$17.00 for each metre of records; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) for each later year of storage—$11.50 for each metre of records</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Serviced storage of records that have not been sentenced</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) for the first year of storage—$62.50 for each metre of records; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) for each later year of storage—$57.00 for each metre of records</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Serviced storage of records in an air</span><span>‑</span><span>conditioned repository</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) for the first year of storage—$24.00 for each metre of records; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) for each later year of storage—$19.50 for each metre of records</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Serviced storage of records in an air</span><span>‑</span><span>conditioned vault</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) for the first year of storage—$25.50 for each metre of records; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) for each later year of storage—$20.50 for each metre of records</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>12</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Supplying archival containers for the storage of records</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>an amount equal to or less than the cost to the Archives in supplying the containers</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>13</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Searching in normal business hours for a record</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$7.00</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>14</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Searching outside normal business hours for a record</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$82.50 for each hour of searching</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>15</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Destroying records</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$9.00 for each metre of records</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>16</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Bulk withdrawal of records other than for sentencing of records</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$11.00 for each metre of records</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>17</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Training course—full day</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$405.00 for each person attending the course</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.9%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>18</span></p></td><td style="width:48.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Training course—half day</span></p></td><td style="width:41.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:7.1pt; padding-left:7.1pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$220.00 for each person attending the course</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>