53QMicro-film etc. may be preserved in lieu of document

53Q Micro-film etc. may be preserved in lieu of document Unless the application of this section is expressly excluded where any Act, law or duty requires a document to be preserved or kept for any purpose for a longer period of time than three years it shall be a sufficient compliance with such requirement to preserve or keep, in lieu of any such document over three years old, a negative thereof made by means of an approved machine within the meaning of section 53C (as in force immediately before its repeal) together with an affidavit or declaration in accordance with subsection (4) of the said section (as in force immediately before its repeal) referring to the negative. Ss 53R–53T inserted by No. 7324 s. 3, repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 14(1). Pt 3 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 54–58) amended by Nos 6505 s. 2, 8181 s. 2(1) (Sch. item 44), 8228 s. 3, 9576 s. 11(1), 51/1989 s. 144(2)(a), 23/1994 s. 118 (Sch. 1 item 20.1), 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 item 29.3), 35/1999 s. 35, 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 19.2), 77/2008 s. 129(Sch. 2 item 9.3), 7/2009 s. 435(7) (as amended by No. 68/2009 s. 54(u)), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 15. Pt 3 Div. 3A (Heading and ss 58A–58J) inserted by No. 8228 s. 4, amended by Nos 10231 s. 7, 16/1986 s. 30, 110/1986 s. 140(2), 29/1988 s. 57(6), 19/1989 s. 16(Sch. item 21.1), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. items 67.12–67.14), 94/1990 s. 40(5), 11/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 25.3), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 16. Division 4—Further provisions relating to Australasian documents No. 3674 s. 52.