In the Republic of Slovenia, access to information and documents produced by public legal persons has been governed by the Personal Data Act, the Classified Information Act, the Copyright Act and the Access to Public Information Act since 1991. In most cases, these regulations comply with the instructions of the Council of Europe and EU directives. The Companies Act governs the protection of business secrets. Procedures of document use are governed by the Administrative Procedure Act, the Judicial Code and many other regulations for different areas, including the Regulation on public administration management, documentary materials and other regulations relating to records management. Access to and use ofpublic archive material which is a part of cultural heritage are governed by the Archives Act, the Rules on Use of Public Archives and internal rules of individual public archives. Archive regulations govern particularly the protection of classified information in public archives, personal information and information relating to the privacy of individuals. The access to Public Information Act, that came into force in April in 2003, violently and unprofessionally interfered with the Archives Act and abolished different uses for public archive material, and in particular, abolished the need to state any legal interest when legal and natural persons use this material.