173GStatus of documents

173G Status of documents (1) For the purposes of the **Freedom of Information Act 1982**, the Department of Justice and Regulation remains or is in the possession of the following documents and that Act applies to the same extent to which it would if the administrative services agreement had never been entered into— (a) any document in existence immediately before an administrative services agreement was entered into and handed over to the contractor in accordance with the administrative services agreement; (b) any document created or received by the contractor or a sub-contractor after an administrative services agreement was entered into as a result of the contractor's operations under the administrative services agreement. (2) All proprietary rights and interests in any document referred to in subsection (1) remain with, or on the creation or receipt of the document by the contractor or sub‑contractor become vested in, the Crown. (3) All documents referred to in subsection (1) are public records within the meaning of the **Public Records Act 1973**. S. 173H inserted by No. 59/2017 s. 62.