Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ACT 1980 - SECT 5

             (1)  The functions of the Memorial are:

                     (a)  to maintain and develop the national memorial referred to in subsection 6(1) of the Australian War Memorial Act 1962 as a national memorial of Australians who have died:

                              (i)  on or as a result of active service; or

                             (ii)  as a result of any war or warlike operations in which Australians have been on active service;

                     (b)  to develop and maintain, as an integral part of the national memorial referred to in paragraph (a), a national collection of historical material;

                     (c)  to exhibit, or to make available for exhibition by others, historical material from the memorial collection or historical material that is otherwise in the possession of the Memorial;

                     (d)  to conduct, arrange for and assist in research into matters pertaining to Australian military history; and

                     (e)  to disseminate information relating to:

                              (i)  Australian military history;

                             (ii)  the national memorial referred to in paragraph (a);

                            (iii)  the memorial collection; and

                            (iv)  the Memorial and its functions.

             (2)  The Memorial shall use every endeavour to make the most advantageous use of the memorial collection in the national interest.