Statewide Treaty Act 2025
293New section 9A inserted
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293 New section 9A inserted
After section 9 of the Public Records Act 1973 insert—
"9A Personal or private records transferred from Gellung Warl
(1) Where the First Peoples' Assembly Chairperson is of the opinion that any records required by this Act to be transferred from Gellung Warl to the Public Record Office contain matters of such a private or personal nature that they should not be open for public inspection, the Chairperson may declare those records to be private or personal records and not available for public inspection for a period specified in the declaration.
(2) The First Peoples' Assembly Chairperson may vary any declaration under subsection (1), including to permit, on any conditions or restrictions specified, all or any of those records to be open for inspection by any specified person or class of persons.
(3) Before making or varying a declaration under this section, the First Peoples' Assembly Chairperson must consult in accordance with the internal rules made under the Statewide Treaty Act 2025.
(4) The First Peoples' Assembly Chairperson must give to the Keeper of Public Records a copy of any declaration made or varied under this section.".