Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “Department” means the National Archives Department established under section 3 (1); “Director” means the Director of National Archives referred to in section 4 (1); “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of archives is assigned; “public archives”— (a) means any written record and any other record conveying information by any other means whatsoever; (b) includes any— (i) formal document, paper, or police, judicial and hospital record 30 years old; (ii) register, minute, tile, letter, collection of manuscripts, diary, account, statistical material, card file, blue print, judgment, file deed, map, plan and book, drawing, picture, seal, stamp, coin, paper money, newspaper, poster, public announcement and proclamation; (iii) photocopy, negative and positive of any still picture, film, microfilm, microfiche, sound recording including any cassette, punch card, floppy disk, magnetic disk, tape, compact disc and any machine-readable record; and (iv) list of such archival material and other archival finding aid as well as any other document of any kind including any document which is electronically recorded, and which has historical enduring value or is otherwise of public interest, which may be received on deposit, as a gift, or by way of donation, or acquired by the Director, or which is the property of any Ministry or Department, local authority or any statutory corporation, institution or organisation. PART II — NATIONAL ARCHIVES