Cap. 477 Art. 33Power to make regulations.

The Minister may, after consultation with the National Archivist, make regulations to give effect to any of the foregoing provisions of this Act, or to regulate or otherwise provide for any matter relating to public records, and may in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing make regulations for any of the following purposes:

(a) to provide for the proper management and preservation of public records and the manner in which the public may have access to the documents and objects in the National Archives;

(b) to establish the standards and the manner in which copies and other reproductions of documents and objects in the National Archives, may be made;

(c) to establish the fees and dues which may be payable by or under, or for services rendered pursuant to, the provisions of this Act;

(d) to ensure the better fulfilment of the functions of the National Archives, the National Archivist, and the Council;

(e) to regulate the appointment of officers and employees with the National Archives;

(f) to establish guidelines for best preservation practice;

(g) to provide for any forms or procedures which may be necessary or expedient and for which no express procedure is contained in this Act;

(h) to regulate movement of public records and the periods within which such records shall remain closed to public inspection;

(i) where not otherwise provided in this Act, to prescribe rules regulating the powers and duties of, and the procedures to be followed by the National Archives;

(j) to amend the Schedule;

(k) to prescribe anything else which may or is to be prescribed under this Act.