National Archives (Amendment) Act 2018
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Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act | ||
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5. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1)(a), by the substitution of “Departmental records (other than court or testamentary documents) which are not relevant records” for “Departmental records (other than court or testamentary documents) and are less than 30 years old”, | ||
(b) in subsection (5), by the substitution of the following for “Archives which were formerly Departmental records and which have not been available for inspection for more than 30 years shall be reviewed”: | ||
“Archives which were formerly Departmental records and which have not been available for public inspection— | ||
(a) in the case of Departmental records— | ||
(i) referred to in section 2A(1)(a) (inserted by section 3 of the National Archives (Amendment) Act 2018), for more than 30 years, or | ||
(ii) referred to in section 2A(1)(b) (inserted by section 3 of the National Archives (Amendment) Act 2018), for more than 20 years, | ||
or | ||
(b) in the case of Departmental records referred to in section 2A(2) (inserted by section 3 of the National Archives (Amendment) Act 2018), for more than 20 years, | ||
shall be reviewed”, | ||
and | ||
(c) by the deletion of subsection (6). |