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Public Records Act 2023
sec.28Restricted access notice and restricted access period
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### sec.28 Restricted access notice and restricted access period
A public record in the custody of the archives is an open record unless the responsible public authority for the record, in a notice given to the archivist—
states the record is a regulated record or contains restricted information; and
states the period of time, worked out under this division, for which the public’s access to the record is restricted.
A notice given by a public authority stating the matters mentioned in subsection (1) is a restricted access notice for the public record.
See section 32 about reviewing and replacing a restricted access notice.
A period mentioned in subsection (1) (b) is the restricted access period for the public record.
Also, if the archivist changes a period of time under section 40 , the new period is taken to be the restricted access period for the record.
(sec.28-ssec.1) A public record in the custody of the archives is an open record unless the responsible public authority for the record, in a notice given to the archivist— states the record is a regulated record or contains restricted information; and states the period of time, worked out under this division, for which the public’s access to the record is restricted.
(sec.28-ssec.2) A notice given by a public authority stating the matters mentioned in subsection (1) is a restricted access notice for the public record. See section 32 about reviewing and replacing a restricted access notice.
(sec.28-ssec.3) A period mentioned in subsection (1) (b) is the restricted access period for the public record.
(sec.28-ssec.4) Also, if the archivist changes a period of time under section 40 , the new period is taken to be the restricted access period for the record.
- (a) states the record is a regulated record or contains restricted information; and
- (b) states the period of time, worked out under this division, for which the public’s access to the record is restricted.