Archives Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1990 No. 1841 

Archives Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council. hereby make the following Regulations under the Archives Act 1983.

Dated 26 June 1990.

                                                                    BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

 

B L Howe

Minister of State for Community Services and Health for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Administrative Services

Commencement

1. These Regulations commence on 1 July 1990.

2. Regulation 2 of the Archives Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Interpretation

“2. In these Regulations unless the contrary intention appears:

‘evaluate’, in relation to records to be kept at the Archives, means the classification of the records according to the period for which each record is to be kept;

‘metre’, in relation to records, means a linear metre of shelf space occupied by the records;

‘the Act’ means the Archives Act 1983.”.

(S.R. 224/90)—Cat. No 3/18.6. 1990

 

Charges

3. Regulation 8 of the Archives Regulations is amended by omitting subregulation (2) and substituting the following subregulations:

“(2) The charges set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 are applicable in relation to petroleum exploration seismic records stored on behalf of the Department of Primary Industries and Energy and made available for loan at the request of the Department.

“(3) The charges set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1 apply:

(a) in respect of the records of a Commonwealth institution that do not form part of the archival resources of the Commonwealth; and

(b) in the case of a Commonwealth institution not specified in Schedule 2—only in respect of those records:

(i) that have not been evaluated; or

(ii) that are to be kept for less than 25 years.

“(4) The Director-General may waive payment of, or reduce the amount of, a charge under these Regulations if:

(a) payment of the charge would cause financial hardship or provision of the service is of a charitable nature; or

(b) the transaction to which the charge relates is isolated in nature and involves a small amount; or

(c) the Director-General considers it appropriate to do so in the interests of efficiency and effectiveness in the management of government records; or

(d) it is in the interests of the Commonwealth’s standing in international relations or in its relations with a State or Territory.”.

Schedule 1

4. Schedule 1 to the Archives Regulations is amended by omitting Part II and substituting the following Parts:

PART 2

CHARGES APPLICABLE IN RELATION TO PETROLEUM EXPLORATION SEISMIC RECORDS

Item	Charge	Amount or rate of charge
1	Where an electronic data tape is to be provided	$10

 

Item	Charge	Amount or rate of charge
2	Where a copy of non-electronic supporting records relating to an electronic data tape is to be provided	an amount not exceeding the actual cost incurred by the Archives in providing the copy
3	Where a search of information sources is to be undertaken in relation to a loan of petroleum exploration seismic records	$30 per hour or part of an hour

PART 3

CHARGES APPLICABLE IN RESPECT OF RECORDS OF COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTIONS

Item	Service	Amount or rate of charge
1	Evaluation of records	$225 per metre of records
2	In respect of each hour during which a member of the staff of the Archives conducts research ancillary to the evaluation of records	$64
3	Transport of records to the Archives	$30 per metre of records
4	Use of Archives containers for transport of records to the Archives or storage at the Archives	$1 per container
5	Storage of records	$13 per metre of records for the first year; $9 per metre of records for each later year
6	Storage of records in an air-conditioned respository	$19 per metre of records for the first year; $15 per metre for each later year
7	Storage of records in an air-conditioned vault	$20 per metre of records for the first year; $16 per metre of records for each later year
8	Searching for a record requested by a Commonwealth institution	$6
9	Destruction of records	$7 per metre of records
10	Making shelf space available at the request of a Commonwealth institution for the storage of its records for non-archival purposes	$9 per metre of records
11	Making shelf space available in an air-conditioned repository at the request of a Commonwealth insitution for the storage of its records for non-archival purposes	$15 per metre of records
12	Making shelf space available in an air-conditioned vault at the request of a Commonwealth insitution for the storage of its records for non-archival purposes	$16 per metre of records

Schedule 2

5. Schedule 2 to the Archives Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting:

“Aboriginal Development Commission

Aboriginal Hostels Ltd

ACT Electricity Authority

ACT Liquor and Gaming Authority

ACT Milk Authority”

and substituting:

“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

Aboriginal Hostels Ltd”;

(b) by omitting:

“AUSSAT Pty Ltd

Australian Bicentennial Authority

Australian Canned Fruits Corporation

Australian National Airlines Commission

Australian Shipping Commission

Canberra Commercial Development Authority

Canberra Public Cemetery Trust

Canberra Retail Markets Trust

Canberra Theatre Trust

Capital Territory Health Commission

Commonwealth Accommodation and Catering Services Ltd

Defence Service Homes Corporation

Overseas Telecommunications Commission

Qantas Airways Limited

River Murray Commission

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporaton”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 June 1990.

2. Statutory Rules 1984 No. 100 as amended by 1984 No. 290; 1986 No. 31; 1987 No. 235; 1988 Nos. 256 and 340.

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