If, as respects any public records in the Public Record Office or any place of deposit appointed under this Act, it appears to the Keeper of Public Records that they are duplicated by other public records which have been selected for permanent preservation or that there is some other special reason why they should not be permanently preserved, he may, with the approval of the [F1Secretary of State] and of the Minister or other person, if any, who appears to the [F1Secretary of State] to be primarily concerned with public records of the class in question, authorise the destruction of those records or, with that approval, their disposal in any other way.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 6 substituted (9.12.2015) by The Transfer of Functions (Information and Public Records) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1897), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(3)(g)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 6: transfer of functions (9.12.2015) by The Transfer of Functions (Information and Public Records) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1897), arts. 1(2), 6(1)(a), (2)(f) (with art. 7)