Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Act 2010 (51 of 2010)
Schedule 3 Exemptions
Part 1 Open access period amendments
Archives Act 1983
3 Subsection 22A(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) For the purposes of this Act, work out when a Cabinet notebook is in the open access period in accordance with the following table:
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Open access period for Cabinet notebooks |
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Item |
If the Cabinet notebook came into existence in any of the following years (ending on 31 December): |
the Cabinet notebook is in the open access period on and after the following day: |
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1 |
a year (the creation year ) before 1960 |
1 January in the year that is 51 years after the creation year. Example: A Cabinet notebook that came into existence in the year 1959 is in the open access period on and after 1 January 2010. |
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2 |
1960, 1961 or 1962 |
1 January 2011. |
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3 |
1963, 1964 or 1965 |
1 January 2012. |
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4 |
1966, 1967 or 1968 |
1 January 2013. |
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5 |
1969, 1970 or 1971 |
1 January 2014. |
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6 |
1972, 1973 or 1974 |
1 January 2015. |
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7 |
1975, 1976 or 1977 |
1 January 2016. |
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8 |
1978, 1979 or 1980 |
1 January 2017. |
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9 |
1981, 1982 or 1983 |
1 January 2018. |
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10 |
1984, 1985 or 1986 |
1 January 2019. |
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11 |
1987, 1988 or 1989 |
1 January 2020. |
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12 |
1990 |
1 January 2021. |
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13 |
a year (the creation year ) after 1990 |
1 January in the year that is 31 years after the creation year. Example: A Cabinet notebook that came into existence in the year 1991 is in the open access period on and after 1 January 2022. |
Note: Records that are not Cabinet notebooks have different open access periods (see subsection 3(7) (general records) and section 22B (records containing Census information)).