National Archives Act, 1986, Regulations, 1988.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: Citation.
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paragraphs: Definitions.
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paragraphs: Authorised Officers.
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paragraphs: Age of records.
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paragraphs: Transfer of Departmental records to the National Archives.
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paragraphs: Disposal of Departmental records.
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paragraphs: Retention of records and withholding records from public inspection.
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paragraphs: Retention and withholding of part or parts of records.
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paragraphs: Review of a record or part or parts thereof.
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paragraphs: Review of archives which were formerly Departmental records.
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paragraphs: Temporary requisition of archives by officers of Departments.
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paragraphs: Inspection of archives in the National Archives by officers of Departments.
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paragraphs: Making of entries in and additions to archives.
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paragraphs: Reproduction and publication of archives.
Appendices
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S.I. No. 385 of 1988.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES ACT, 1986 , REGULATIONS, 1988.
I, CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 19 of the National Archives Act, 1986 (No. 11 of 1986), hereby make the following Regulations after consultation with the Director, within the meaning of the Regulations:
1 Citation.
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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the National Archives Act, 1986 , Regulations, 1988.
2 Definitions.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"the Act" means the National Archives Act, 1986 ;
"the Director" includes an officer appointed under section 4 (4) of the Act to perform the functions of the Director;
"Certifying Officer", "Consenting Officer", "Designated Officer" and "Requisitioning Officer" have the meanings assigned to them respectively by Regulation 3;
"record" includes a file or other assembly of records;
"section" refers to a section of the Act.
3 Authorised Officers.
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paragraphs: (1) ( a ) Pursuant to section 1 (3) an officer authorised for the purposes of sections 7 (4), 8 (2), 8 (4), 8 (6), and 10 (5) shall be of not less than Principal or equivalent grade and shall be known as a Certifying Officer.
( b ) In exceptional circumstances, an officer of less than Principal or equivalent grade may, with the consent of the Taoiseach, be appointed as a Certifying Officer.
( c ) A Certifying Officer shall be appointed from time to time by the Secretary of equivalent officer of the Department of State concerned.
( d ) More than one Certifying Officer may be appointed in a Department of State.
( e ) At least one Certifying Officer shall be appointed by the Secretary or equivalent officer to be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Act and these regulations in that Department of State.
(2) ( a ) Pursuant to section 1 (3), an officer authorised for the purpose of sections 8 (9) shall be appointed by the Secretary or equivalent officer, be of not less than Executive Officer or equivalent grade and shall be known as Requisitioning Officer.
( b ) More than one Requisitioning Officer may be appointed in a Department of State.
(3) ( a ) Pursuant to section 1 (3), an officer of the Department of the Taoiseach authorised for the purpose of section 8 (4) shall be appointed from time to time by the Secretary of that Department and shall be known as the Consenting Officer.
( b ) The Consenting Officer may be a Certifying Officer or any other officer of not less than Principal or equivalent grade.
( c ) More than one Consenting Officer may be appointed.
(4) The Director and Consenting Officer shall be advised separately from time to time of the names of the Certifying Officers in each Department and the Director shall also be advised from time to time of the names of the Requisitioning Officers.
4 Age of records.
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paragraphs: The age of a record shall be determined by the age of the latest substantive entry on it.
5 Transfer of Departmental records to the National Archives.
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paragraphs: (1) Records which are to be transferred in accordance with the provisions of the Act shall be transferred to the National Archives not later than the end of the year in which they become 30 years old.