PUBLIC RECORDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1923 - SECT 2 Charge and superintendence of records, and appointment of Deputy Keeper and staff.

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PUBLIC RECORDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1923 - SECT 2

Charge and superintendence of records, and appointment of Deputy Keeper and staff.

2.(1) The Northern Ireland records shall be under the charge and
superintendence of the Minister of Finance for Northern Ireland for the time
being (in this Act referred to as "the Minister of Finance") in the name and
on behalf of the Governor of Northern Ireland, and shall be removed to the
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in manner hereinafter in this Act
provided:

Provided that, until such removal, the persons having the care of any such
records shall continue to have the charge of them subject to such orders as
the Minister of Finance is by this Act empowered to give concerning the same.

(2) The Minister of Finance shall appoint a fit person duly qualified by his
knowledge of records to be Deputy Keeper of the Records of Northern Ireland,
and such Deputy Keeper shall act as chief Record Keeper under the Minister of
Finance, and shall superintend all persons employed in the Public Record
Office of Northern Ireland in keeping the records in the custody of the
Minister of Finance, and shall discharge all such other duties as may be
required of him under this Act and subject to such directions as he may
receive from the Minister of Finance.

(3) The Minister of Finance shall appoint all such officers, clerks and
servants as shall be necessary for the purposes of this Act, and the persons
so appointed shall assist in executing this Act under the superintendence of
the Deputy Keeper of the Records of Northern Ireland in such manner as the
Minister of Finance may direct.

(4) The said Deputy Keeper of the Records and officers, clerks and servants
shall be removable by the Minister of Finance.

(5) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament to the said
Deputy Keeper of the Records and to the officers, clerks and servants
appointed in pursuance of this section, such annual salaries or remuneration
as the Minister of Finance may determine.

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PUBLIC RECORDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1923 - SECT 2