184FDestruction of documents

#### 184F Destruction of documents 184F Destruction of documents > > (1) The Registrar-General may destroy a document forming part of the General Register of Deeds unless this section prohibits its destruction. > > > (2) The Registrar-General is not to destroy such a document if under a duty to deliver or issue it to any person. > > > (3) Instead of destroying such a document, the Registrar-General may deliver it to a person who, in the opinion of the Registrar-General, intends to preserve it for historical reasons. > > > (4) The Registrar-General is not to destroy or dispose of a document under this section unless a copy of the document is captured and retained by the Registrar-General in a manner that enables the document to be reproduced. > > > (5) The Registrar-General is to retain each document that forms part of the General Register of Deeds and is not destroyed or disposed of under this section. > > > (6) This section does not authorise a failure to comply with, or a contravention of, any Act or other law and does not prevent the destruction of a document under the authority of an Act other than this Act. > > > (7) In this section, a reference to a document includes a reference to any certificate referred to in section 184D that is on, or accompanies, the document. > > **s 184F:** Ins 1984 No 20, Sch 1 (6). Subst 1992 No 5, Sch 1 (6).