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NATIONAL GALLERY ACT 1975 - SECT 9

Disposal of works of art from national collection

(1)
Subject to subsection (4), where the Council is satisfied that a work of art in the national collection:

(a) is unfit for the national collection; or
(b) is not required as part of the national collection;

the Council may resolve that the work of art be disposed of by sale, gift or destruction.

(4)
The Council shall not resolve that a work of art be disposed of by way of destruction unless the Council is satisfied that the work has no saleable value.

(5)
Where:

(a) the Council has resolved, in accordance with this section, that a work of art be disposed of; and
(b) the Minister has approved of that disposal;

the Gallery may dispose of that work of art accordingly.



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