Section 27: Access of the public to the National Archive

(1) Members of the public shall have free access to public archives in the National Archives to which there had been free access when the archives were in the custody of the public office from which they had been transferred.
(2) All public archives of the age of twenty-five years or more shall be open to the inspection of members of the public but where a longer period of closure had been stipulated by the head of the public office which had the custody of the public archives before their transfer to the National Archives, the Director shall comply with the stipulation.
(3) Public archives relating to the private life of individuals shall not be made available for the inspection of members of the public except with the written permission of the persons concerned, their heirs or their executors, if these are known to the Director.
(4) Access to archives voluntarily deposited by a private body or by an individual shall be regarded by the conditions agreed between the depositor and the Director.