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Public Records Act 1958

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1. General responsibility of the Lord Chancellor for public records.

  3. 2. The Public Record Office.

  4. 3. Selection and preservation of public records.

  5. 4. Place of deposit of public records.

  6. 5. Access to public records.

  7. 6. Destruction of public records in Public Record Office or other place of deposit.

  8. 7. Records for which Master of the Rolls remains responsible.

  9. 8. Court records.

  10. 9. Legal validity of public records and authenticated copies.

  11. 10. Interpretation.

  12. 11. Public Record Office Acts to cease to have effect.

  13. 12. Northern Ireland.

  14. 13. Short title, repeals and commencement.

  15. SCHEDULES

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Definition of Public Records

      1. 1.The provisions of this Schedule shall have effect for determining...

      2. Departmental records

        1. 2.(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, administrative and...

        2. 3.(1) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) of...

        3. 3A.(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend the...

      3. Records of courts and tribunals

        1. 4.(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, records of...

      4. Records of the Chancery of England

        1. 5.The records of the Chancery of England shall be public...

      5. Records in Public Record Office

        1. 6.Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, public...

      6. Power to add further categories of records and to determine cases of doubt

        1. 7.(1) Without prejudice to the Lord Chancellor’s power of making...

      7. Interpretation

        1. 8.It is hereby declared that any description of government department,...

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Enactments prohibiting disclosure of information obtained from the public

    3. THIRD SCHEDULE

    4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

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