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The Director shall accept custody of semi-current records which have been scheduled for further retention and maintain them within a records centre and shall-

(a) return semi-current records temporarily in his custody to the public office or other public institution which created them or to its successor in function for the purposes of current administration;

(b) implement retention schedules in respect of semi-current records in his custody;

(c) appraise and dispose of semi-current records in his custody which are not covered by retention schedules;

(d) arrange for the transfer of records of permanent value to the National Archives or other archival repository under his control or to a place of deposit provided under section 13 of this Act not later than thirty years from their creation; and

(e) inspect and recommend to the Advisory Committee the suitability of premises in which it is proposed that records whose transfer has been deferred under section 9 (c) should be stored.