by the person responsible for them by law and an authorization from the person
charged with supervising their safe-keeping shall be required.
Section 14. 1 Without prejudice to the provisions concerning depositing with mu
nicipalities in the Royal Decrees referred to in Section 40 of the Act, records kept
in State repositories may be deposited only if the custodian of the repository in which
they are to be placed is an archivist within the meaning of the Act and their safety
is fully guaranteed.
2 As regards the records deposited, the charges referred to in paragraph 2 of sec
tion 7 of the Act shall be fixed in accordance with rates to be laid down by Our
Minister.
3 The Keeper of the State Archives and the State Archivist in the province where the
repository in question is situated shall have access to the repository.
Section 15. If municipal records or records of a Water Board, Fenland Board or
Fenland Polder are transferred to the State for safe-keeping, the municipality, Water
Board, Fenland Board or Fenland Polder shall pay such charges as Our Minister
shall fix.
In special cases Our Minister may lay down that no charges shall be payable.
Section 16. During the time of their deposit the records shall be in the charge
of the custodian of the repository in which they have been placed.
CHAPTER III
Transfer of Records (Archives Act, 1962, Section 5)
Section 17. Records shall be transferred to a. repository designated for the purpose by
or in virtue of the provisions of the Act, by order of the person responsible for them
under the Act.
Section 18. 1 The transfer of records to a repository shall be recorded in a
certificate drawn op by the person responsible for them until their transfer and by
the custodian of the repository. This certificate shall, in any case, contain a specific
ation of the records concerned, and both persons shall keep copies of the certificate,
which shall be signed by them both.
2 If, on their transfer, restrictions were imposed on the public nature of the records
this shall be stated in the certificate.
Section 19. 1 Records which are less than fifty years old may be transferred to a
repository if the custodian is of the opinion that there are sufficient grounds for
making facilities available for them.
2 A negative decision taken in virtue of the preceding paragraph shall be subject to
review by the custodian's immediate superior.
Section 20. Postponement of the transfer of records shall require authorization from
Our Minister, who may make any such postponement subject to conditions,
CHAPTER IV
The Public Nature and Lending of Records Kept in Repositories
(Archives Act, 1962, Section 7)
Section 21. If such action is urgently required in the general interest, the immediate
superior of the custodian of a repository shall, having heard the custodian's opinion,
have the power to restrict the public nature of records kept in that repository. No res
triction shall be imposed on the public nature of such records as are more than one
hundred years old, unless Our Minister decides otherwise.
Section 22. 1 The custodian of a repository shall have the power to refuse a request
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to consult or utilize records if he is of the opinion that the condition of the records
warrants such refusal or that the records cannot safely be entrusted to the person
making the request.
2 A negative decision taken in virtue of the preceding paragraph shall be subject
to review by the custodian's immediate superior if the refusal is deemed to be un
justified.
Section 23. The custodian shall, subject to such restrictions as are imposed on the
public nature of records, be under obligation to lend records for specified periods
of time to such repositories, libraries and other institutions as may be designated
by Our Minister and afford adequate guarantees as regards appropriate custody and
safe-keeping, at the request of the custodians of such institutions. Our Minister shall
hear the Archives Council before designating such institutions. The person for whose
benefit the records were lent may consult and utilize them free of charge on the
premises of these institution. Any expenses arising in connection with the lending of
the records may be charged to his account.
Section 24. 1 The custodian shall have the power to refuse a request as referred
to in the preceding Section if:
a the condition, the number or the special importance of the records justifies this;
b the continued presence of the records in the repository is required;
c the request for lending the records is made to obtain information of so simple a
nature that it can be supplied without any records being lent.
2 A negative decision taken in virtue of the preceding paragraph shall be subject
to review by the custodian's immediate superior if the refusal is deemed to be unjusti
fied.
Section 25. The custodian shall, if a request is made to that effect, be under obligation
to lend records required for purpose of research for specified periods of time to the
public body which would have been responsible for their keeping had they not been
transferred to a repository, unless their condition justifies their being kept in the
repository.
Section 26. 1 The custodian may, with authorization from his immediate superior,
lend records for specified periods in cases other than those referred to in Sections
23 and 25, provided their safety is fully guaranteed. Such lending of records may be
subject to certain conditions.
2 If the custodian refuses to make a request for authorization, his immediate superior
may order him to lend the records.
CHAPTER V
Training for the Position of Senior or Middle-Grade Archivist in a Repository
Archives Act, 1962, Section 9)
Section 271 There shall be a State School for the Training of Archivists at The
Hague, which shall be attached to the Central State Archive Repository.
2 The Principal, who shall be a senior archivist within the meaning of Section 9
of the Act, shall be appointed, suspended and discharged by Us.
3 The members of the teaching staff shall be appointed, suspended and discharged by
Our Minister.
Section 28. 1 The State School for the Training of Archivists shall offer courses
preparing students to take the examination by which they may qualify, as referred to in
Section 9 of the Act, as
a senior archivist;
b middle-grade archivist.
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