Part 6Objects of documentary heritage

Part 6—Objects of documentary heritage

6.1 This Part lists objects of the category “Objects of documentary heritage”. 6.2 An object is in this category if it is a document that: (a) is of significance to Australia; and (b) is at least 30 years old; and (c) is not represented in at least 2 public collections in Australia by an object of equivalent quality. 6.3 Objects in this category are Class B objects. 6.4 In this Part:

document means any written or printed material, or any article on which information has been stored or recorded either mechanically or electronically, and includes:

(a) a book, letter, ledger, register, pamphlet or similar article; and
(b) a sound recording, a film, television or video production, or any other production that includes moving images or recorded sounds; and
(c) a map, plan, photograph, drawing or other graphic; and
(d) an article that forms part of government records or archives of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, a Commonwealth, State or Territory authority, the Governor‑General or the Governor of a State, only if, because of a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory in relation to the article, the article must be kept permanently in Australia.

government records or archives has the meaning given by any relevant law of interpretation of the government of the Commonwealth or the State or Territory that created, or has custody or control of, the records or archives.