Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) The Parliamentary Budget Officer may from time to time cause records made or received by a PBO officer in the course of the PBO officer's duties to be transferred to the custody of the Public Record Office.
(2) If a record referred to in subsection (1) is not transferred to the custody of the Public Record Office in accordance with that subsection within a period of 25 years after the creation of the record, the Parliamentary Budget Officer must transfer the record as soon as practicable after the end of that period.
(3) Subject to section 32, the Public Records Act 1973 (other than sections 8A and 10) applies to and in respect of a record referred to in subsection (1) as if—
(a) the record were a public record of a public office; and
(b) the record were required by that Act to be transferred to the Public Record Office; and
(c) the Parliamentary Budget Officer were the officer in charge of a public office; and
(d) each PBO officer were a public officer.
(4) A transfer made under subsection (1) or (2) must be made in accordance with arrangements approved by the Keeper of Public Records.