AUSTRALIA COUNCIL ACT 1975

This compilation was prepared on 6 November 2001
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 159 of 2001)

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

Part I--Preliminary 1

1............ Short title [see Note 1]....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation...................................................................................... 1

Part II--Establishment, functions and powers of the Council 2

4............ Establishment of Council.................................................................... 2

5............ Functions of Council.......................................................................... 2

6............ Powers of Council.............................................................................. 3

6A......... Matters to be taken into account by Council..................................... 3

6B......... Directions by Minister....................................................................... 4

7............ Delegation........................................................................................... 4

Part III--Constitution and meetings of the Council 6

8............ Incorporation of Council.................................................................... 6

9............ Membership of Council...................................................................... 6

10.......... Deputy Chairperson........................................................................... 7

11.......... Term of office..................................................................................... 8

12.......... Leave of absence................................................................................. 8

13.......... Resignation......................................................................................... 8

14.......... Termination of appointment.............................................................. 9

15.......... Acting Chairperson........................................................................... 10

16.......... Deputies........................................................................................... 11

17.......... Meetings........................................................................................... 11

17A....... Committees....................................................................................... 12

Part IIIA--The General Manager of the Council 14

19A....... General Manager............................................................................... 14

19B....... Period of appointment of General Manager..................................... 14

19C....... Leave of absence............................................................................... 14

19D....... Resignation of General Manager....................................................... 14

19E........ Acting General Manager................................................................... 14

19F........ Termination of office........................................................................ 15

Part IV--Boards 17

20.......... Establishment of Boards................................................................... 17

21.......... Functions and powers of Boards...................................................... 17

22.......... Membership of Boards..................................................................... 18

23.......... Term of office................................................................................... 19

26.......... Resignation....................................................................................... 19

27.......... Termination of office........................................................................ 19

28.......... Acting Chairperson........................................................................... 20

29.......... Meetings........................................................................................... 21

31.......... Disclosure of interest........................................................................ 22

31A....... Delegation......................................................................................... 22

Part V--Finance 23

32.......... Moneys payable to Council............................................................. 23

33.......... Application of moneys..................................................................... 23

34.......... Contracts and borrowing.................................................................. 23

36A....... Investment........................................................................................ 24

38.......... Extra reporting requirements............................................................ 24

40.......... Taxation............................................................................................ 24

Part VI--Miscellaneous 25

41.......... Staff.................................................................................................. 25

41AA.... Remuneration for person holding more than one office.................... 25

41A....... Remuneration.................................................................................... 25

44.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 26

Notes 27

Notes to the Australia Council Act 1975

Note 1

The Australia Council Act 1975 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 11, 1975 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year		Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Australia Council Act 1975	11, 1975		13 Mar 1975	13 Mar 1975
Australia Council Amendment Act 1976	113, 1976		27 Oct 1976	27 Oct 1976	S. 21
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978		12 June 1978	12 June 1978	S. 8
Australia Council Amendment Act 1980	114, 1980		8 Sept 1980	Ss. 25, 27 and 28: 1 Oct 1980 (see Gazette 1980, No. G39) (a) S. 26: 27 July 1981 (see Gazette 1981, No. S150) (a) Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 6(a), (c), (e) and (f), 25(1), 25(2), 26(1)‑(3), 26(4), 27(1), 27(2) 28(1), and 28(2)(a)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985		5 June 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (b)	--
Arts, Territories and Environment Legislation Amendment Act 1989	60, 1989		19 June 1989	Ss. 11 and 13: 7 Dec 1988 Part 5 (ss. 14, 15): 11 May 1989 (see s. 2(3) and Gazette 1989, No. S164) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Australia Council Amendment Act 1991	24, 1991		22 Feb 1991	22 Mar 1991	Ss. 10(2), 11(2)
Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991	179, 1991		25 Nov 1991	25 Nov 1991	S. 3(2)
Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment Act 1991	199, 1991		18 Dec 1991	18 Dec 1991	--
Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1992	130, 1992		24 Oct 1992	24 Oct 1992	S. 6
Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1993	6, 1994		18 Jan 1994	S. 5: Royal Assent (c)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996		25 Oct 1996	Schedule 4 (item 12): Royal Assent (d)	--
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997	152, 1997		24 Oct 1997	Schedule 2 (items 160‑174): 1 Jan 1998 (see Gazette 1997, No. GN49 (e)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999		11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 107‑109): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (f)	--
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999	156, 1999		24 Nov 1999	Schedule 10 (items 13‑16): 13 Mar 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S114) (g)	--
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001		29 Oct 2001	Sch 1 (item 97) [see Table A]

(a) Subsections 2(2)‑(4) of the Australia Council Amendment Act 1980 provide as follows:

(2) An amendment made by this Act shall not take effect until such date as is fixed by Proclamation with respect to that amendment.

(3) A Proclamation under subsection (2) may relate to 2 or more, or to all, of the amendments made by this Act.

(4) Sections 25, 26, 27 and 28 shall come into operation as provided in those sections.

The date fixed under subsection 2(2) of the Australia Council Amendment Act 1980, for the amendments to take effect (other than the amendment set out in paragraph 6(c)) was 1 October 1980 (see Gazette 1980, No. G39).

The date fixed under subsection 2(2) for the amendment made by paragraph 6(c) of the Australia Council Amendment Act 1980 to take effect was 27 July 1981 (see Gazette 1981, No. S150).

(b) The Australia Council Act 1975 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c) The Australia Council Act 1975 was amended by section 5 only of the Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1993, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d) The Australia Council Act 1975 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 12) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(e) The Australia Council Act 1975 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 160‑174) only of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

(f) The Australia Council Act 1975 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 107‑109) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provides as follows:

(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(g) The Australia Council Act 1975 was amended by Schedule 10 (items 13‑16) only of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) The following provisions commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation:

(a) section 3;

(b) the items in Schedules 1 to 7 (other than item 18 of Schedule 7);

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 3......................................	am. No. 113, 1976; No. 24, 1991
S. 5......................................	am. No. 113, 1976; No. 114, 1980
S. 5A...................................	ad. No. 113, 1976
	rep. No. 114, 1980
Ss. 6A, 6B...........................	ad. No. 24, 1991
S. 7......................................	rs. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 114, 1980; No. 24, 1991
Note to s. 8(1).....................	ad. No. 152, 1997
S. 9......................................	rs. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 114, 1980; No. 24, 1991; No. 130, 1992
S. 10....................................	rs. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 24, 1991; No. 130, 1992
S. 11....................................	rs. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 114, 1980; No. 24, 1991; No. 130, 1992; No. 159, 2001
S. 12....................................	rs. No. 114, 1980
	am. No. 24, 1991
	rs. No. 179, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 13....................................	am. No. 24, 1991
	rs. No. 130, 1992
S. 14....................................	rs. No. 114, 1980
	am. Nos. 24 and 179, 1991; No. 130, 1992; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
S. 15....................................	rs. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 24, 1991; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
S. 16....................................	am. No. 113, 1976; No. 24, 1991; No. 146, 1999
S. 17....................................	am. No. 24, 1991
S. 17A.................................	ad. No. 113, 1976
	rs. No. 24, 1991
S. 18....................................	rep. No. 113, 1976
S. 19....................................	rs. No. 114, 1980
	am. No. 24, 1991
	rep. No. 152, 1997
Part IIIA ............................... (ss. 19A‑19F)	ad. No. 113, 1976
S. 19A.................................	ad. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 130, 1992
S. 19B.................................	ad. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 24, 1991; No. 159, 2001
S. 19C.................................	ad. No. 113, 1976
	rs. No. 179, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 19D.................................	ad. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 24, 1991; No. 130, 1992
S. 19E..................................	ad. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 114, 1980; No. 24, 1991
S. 19F..................................	ad. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 114, 1980; Nos. 24 and 179, 1991; No. 130, 1992; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
S. 20....................................	am. No. 114, 1980; No. 24, 1991
S. 21....................................	rs. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 114, 1980
S. 22....................................	am. No. 113, 1976; No. 114, 1980; No. 24, 1991
S. 23....................................	am. No. 113, 1976; No. 24, 1991
S. 24....................................	rep. No. 113, 1976
S. 25....................................	rep. No. 114, 1980
S. 26....................................	am. No. 24, 1991
S. 27....................................	am. No. 114, 1980; No. 24, 1991; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
S. 28....................................	am. No. 113, 1976; No. 114, 1980; No. 24, 1991
S. 29....................................	am. No. 24, 1991; No. 6, 1994
S. 30....................................	rep. No. 113, 1976
S. 31....................................	rs. No. 114, 1980
	am. No. 24, 1991
S. 31A.................................	ad. No. 130, 1992
S. 32....................................	am. No. 36, 1978
S. 33....................................	am. No. 152, 1997
S. 34....................................	am. No. 114, 1980; No. 60, 1989; Nos. 24 and 179, 1991; No. 152, 1997
Ss. 35, 36............................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 36A.................................	ad. No. 114, 1980
	am. No. 152, 1997
S. 37....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 38....................................	am. No. 36, 1978; No. 24, 1991
	rs. No. 152, 1997
S. 39....................................	am. No. 24, 1991
	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 40....................................	am. No. 114, 1980
S. 41....................................	am. No. 199, 1991
S. 41AA..............................	ad. No. 114, 1980
	rs. No. 24, 1991
S. 41A.................................	ad. No. 113, 1976
	am. No. 24, 1991; No. 43, 1996
S. 42....................................	am. No. 113, 1976
	rep. No. 65, 1985
S. 43....................................	rep. No. 113, 1976
S. 44....................................	am. No. 113, 1976; No. 114, 1980

Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL ACT 1975 - NOTES