What happens if access is restricted in accordance with conditions imposed by an outside person or body depositing the material?
Where material has been gifted subject to access conditions then the exemption in s.36 on confidentiality may apply. Normally authorities would have to demonstrate that restrictions had been agreed as a condition of accepting the material. However, authorities will be aware from the s.60 Code of Practice that, in future, any such condition of confidentiality should be avoided wherever possible, and donors should be encouraged not to restrict access.
