(1)  The Recorder may, with the written permission of the State Archivist given in accordance with section 20(2)(b) of the Archives Act 1983 , sell, destroy or otherwise dispose of any document or any class of document in the possession of the Recorder which the Recorder considers to be of no value for the purposes of the register.

(2)  Before selling or disposing of a document, the Recorder must mark it as no longer valid.

(3)  The Recorder is taken to be a Head of Agency for the purpose of the application of section 8 of the Archives Act 1983 to the Recorder's powers under this section.