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Public Records Act 2023
sec.93Public authorities prescribed before commencement
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### sec.93 Public authorities prescribed before commencement
This section applies if, immediately before the commencement, an entity was prescribed by a repealed regulation to be a relevant public authority or responsible public authority under the repealed Act for an existing public record.
The entity is the responsible public authority under this Act for the existing public record until the earliest of the following—
a function of the entity to which the record relates is transferred to another public authority;
the entity ceases to exist;
a regulation made under section 17(5) prescribes a different entity to be given control of the record.
In this section—
repealed regulation means a repealed regulation under the repealed Act that was in force immediately before its repeal.
(sec.93-ssec.1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement, an entity was prescribed by a repealed regulation to be a relevant public authority or responsible public authority under the repealed Act for an existing public record.
(sec.93-ssec.2) The entity is the responsible public authority under this Act for the existing public record until the earliest of the following— a function of the entity to which the record relates is transferred to another public authority; the entity ceases to exist; a regulation made under section 17(5) prescribes a different entity to be given control of the record.
(sec.93-ssec.3) In this section— repealed regulation means a repealed regulation under the repealed Act that was in force immediately before its repeal.
- (a) a function of the entity to which the record relates is transferred to another public authority;
- (b) the entity ceases to exist;
- (c) a regulation made under section 17(5) prescribes a different entity to be given control of the record.