Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ACT 1980 - SECT 6

(1)

Subject to this Act, the Memorial has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions.

(2)

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the powers of the Memorial include power:

(a)

to purchase or take on hire, or to accept as a gift or on deposit or loan, historical material;

(b)

to lend or hire out or otherwise deal with (otherwise than by way of disposal) historical material;

(c)

to accept gifts, devises, bequests or assignments made to the Memorial, whether on trust or otherwise, and whether unconditionally or subject to a condition and, if a gift, devise, bequest or assignment is accepted by the Memorial on trust or subject to a condition, to act as trustee or to comply with the condition, as the case may be;

(d)

to collect, and make available (whether in writing or in any other form and whether by sale or otherwise), information relating to Australian military history;

(e)

to make available (whether by sale or otherwise) reproductions, replicas or other representations (whether in writing or in any other form) of historical material;

(f)

to make available (whether in writing or in any other form and whether by sale or otherwise) information relating to the Memorial and its functions;

(g)

to provide facilities to stimulate interest in Australian military history;

(h)

to assist educational institutions in matters relating to Australian military history;

(j)

to train members of the staff of the Memorial, and such other persons as the Council approves, in developing, caring for and undertaking research in relation to the memorial collection;

(k)

to assist, on request, in the creation and maintenance of military museums in Defence Force establishments;

(m)

to occupy, use and control any land or building owned or held under lease by the Commonwealth and made available to the Memorial under section 7;

(n)

to erect buildings;

(o)

to purchase or take on hire, or to accept as a gift or on deposit or loan, and to dispose of or otherwise deal with, furnishings, equipment and other goods;

(p)

to act as trustee of moneys or other property vested in the Memorial on trust; and

(q)

to act on behalf of the Commonwealth or of an authority of the Commonwealth in the administration of a trust relating to historical material or related matters.

(3)

The Memorial shall not dispose of historical material except in accordance with section 8.

(4)

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any money or other property held by the Memorial upon trust or accepted by the Memorial subject to a condition shall not be dealt with except in accordance with the obligations of the Memorial as trustee of the trust or as the person who has accepted the money or other property subject to the condition, as the case may be.