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:

Open access period for Cabinet notebooks
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:
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.
2	1960, 1961 or 1962	1 January 2011.
3	1963, 1964 or 1965	1 January 2012.
4	1966, 1967 or 1968	1 January 2013.
5	1969, 1970 or 1971	1 January 2014.
6	1972, 1973 or 1974	1 January 2015.
7	1975, 1976 or 1977	1 January 2016.
8	1978, 1979 or 1980	1 January 2017.
9	1981, 1982 or 1983	1 January 2018.
10	1984, 1985 or 1986	1 January 2019.
11	1987, 1988 or 1989	1 January 2020.
12	1990	1 January 2021.
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)).

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