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.