Section 15Part 5 — Archival Records and Library Collections
Acquisition of archival property from public agencies
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A public record that has been identified in a disposal schedule as a public record of archival value shall, as and when required by that schedule, be delivered to the National Archive by the public agency responsible for it.
Upon its delivery to the National Archive under subsection (1) —
a public record shall become archival property, and the National Archive shall be the public agency responsible for the public record; and
for the purposes of any law affording members of the public a right of access to public records, the National Archive shall be deemed to hold, and to be in possession and custody of, the public record.