New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE RECORDS ACT 1998 - SECT 58

58 Arrangements for special access

(1) The Premier may from time to time approve arrangements (
"special access arrangements" ) for allowing special access to State records that are not open to public access under this Act. Special access is access that is limited to a particular person or persons or classes of persons. The regulations can specify the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which special access can be given under the special access arrangements.

(2) The appropriate Minister or a person authorised by the appropriate Minister may, in accordance with the special access arrangements and the regulations, by written authorisation authorise special access to State records. The appropriate Minister is the Minister who is responsible for the public office that is responsible for the records concerned.

(3) Such an authorisation can be given subject to conditions and entitles any person to whom the authorisation applies (on presentation of the authorisation to the access provider) to be given access to the records concerned in accordance with the terms and conditions of the authorisation and as provided by this Part.

(4) A person must not contravene any conditions of an authorisation under which the person is given access to a State record.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(5) This section does not authorise the giving of access to a State record that is not in the open access period in breach of any duty or obligation (such as a duty of confidentiality) that may apply to the record.