9Requesting information from Commonwealth institutions

9 Requesting information from Commonwealth institutions

(1) The Archives may request a Commonwealth institution to give the Archives information relating to Commonwealth records in the institution’s custody. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Archives may request the institution to provide information: (a) relating to the creation, keeping and management of records in the institution’s custody; or (b) necessary or convenient for determining if records in the institution’s custody are part of the archival resources of the Commonwealth; or (c) relating to the disposal or destruction of records by the institution. (3) The institution must comply with a request made under subsection (1) as soon as is reasonably practicable.