NATIONAL LIBRARY ACT 1960 - NOTES
NATIONAL LIBRARY ACT 1960 - NOTES
No. 69, 1960
Compilation No. 13
Compilation date: 1 May 2021
Includes amendments up to: Act No. 20, 2021
Registered: 6 May 2021
About this compilation
This compilation
This is a compilation of the National Library Act 1960 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 May 2021 (the compilation date).
The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.
Uncommenced amendments
The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments
If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.
Editorial changes
For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.
Modifications
If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Self-repealing provisions
If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.
Contents
Part I--Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
4 Interpretation
Part II--Establishment of the National Library of Australia
5 Establishment of National Library
6 Functions of Library
7 Powers of the Library
8 Transfer of library material etc. to Library
9 Land and buildings
Part III--Management of the Library
10 Constitution of Council
12 Chair and Deputy Chair
13 Remuneration and allowances
14 Termination of office
15 Vacation of office
15A Resignation
16 Meetings of Council
17 Director-General
17A Terms and conditions of appointment
17B Leave of absence
17C Dismissal
17D Resignation
17E Vacation of office
17H Application of Superannuation Act
17J Acting Director-General
18 Officers
Part IV--Finance
20 Moneys payable to Library
22 Application of moneys of Library
23 Investment policy
24 Restrictions on financial transactions
25 Annual report
26 Exemption from taxation
Part V--Miscellaneous
27A Supply of liquor on premises of Library
27B Control of Library land and buildings
27C Minister may give directions to Council
27D Delegation by the Minister
28 Regulations
Endnotes
Endnote 1--About the endnotes
Endnote 2--Abbreviation key
Endnote 3--Legislation history
Endnote 4--Amendment history
The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.
The following endnotes are included in every compilation:
Endnote 1--About the endnotes
Endnote 2--Abbreviation key
Endnote 3--Legislation history
Endnote 4--Amendment history
Abbreviation key--Endnote 2
The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.
Legislation history and amendment history--Endnotes 3 and 4
Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.
The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.
The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.
If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.
Misdescribed amendments
A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation "(md)" added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.
If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation "(md not incorp)" is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.
ad = added or inserted | o = order(s) |
am = amended | Ord = Ordinance |
amdt = amendment | orig = original |
c = clause(s) | par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s) |
C[x] = Compilation No. x | /sub-subparagraph(s) |
Ch = Chapter(s) | pres = present |
def = definition(s) | prev = previous |
Dict = Dictionary | (prev ... ) = previously |
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament | Pt = Part(s) |
Div = Division(s) | r = regulation(s)/rule(s) |
ed = editorial change | reloc = relocated |
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have | renum = renumbered |
effect | rep = repealed |
F = Federal Register of Legislation | rs = repealed and substituted |
gaz = gazette | s = section(s)/subsection(s) |
LA = Legislation Act 2003 | Sch = Schedule(s) |
Sdiv = Subdivision(s) | |
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given | SLI = Select Legislative Instrument |
effect | SR = Statutory Rules |
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment | Sub-Ch = Sub-Chapter(s) |
cannot be given effect | SubPt = Subpart(s) |
mod = modified/modification | underlining = whole or part not |
No. = Number(s) | commenced or to be commenced |
Endnote 3--Legislation history
Act | Number and year | Assent | Commencement | Application, saving and transitional provisions |
69, 1960 | 7 Dec 1960 | 23 Mar 1961 (gaz 1961, p. 1199) |
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Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966 | 93, 1966 | 29 Oct 1966 | 1 Dec 1966 | -- |
National Library Act 1967 | 28, 1967 | 23 May 1967 | 23 May 1967 | s. 3(2) and (3) |
Statute Law Revision Act 1973 | 216, 1973 | 19 Dec 1973 | 31 Dec 1973 | |
National Library Act 1973 | 217, 1973 | 20 Dec 1973 | 20 Dec 1973 | s. 9(2) and (3) |
36, 1978 | 12 June 1978 | 12 June 1978 | s. 8 | |
63, 1984 | 25 June 1984 | s. 151(1): 1 July 1984 (gaz 1984, No. S245) (a) | s. 151(9) | |
165, 1984 | 25 Oct 1984 | s. 3: 22 Nov 1984 (b) | s. 6(1) | |
65, 1985 | 5 June 1985 | s. 3: 3 July 1985 (c) | -- | |
Lands Acquisition (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1989 | 21, 1989 | 20 Apr 1989 | 9 June 1989 (s. 2 and gaz 1989, No. S185) | -- |
Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1991 | 33, 1991 | 21 Mar 1991 | ss. 3 (in part) and 5: 1 July 1991 | s. 6 |
Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991 | 179, 1991 | 25 Nov 1991 | 25 Nov 1991 | s. 3(2) |
43, 1996 | 25 Oct 1996 | Sch 4 (item 103) and Sch 5 (items 93-95): 25 Oct 1996 (s 2(1)) | -- | |
152, 1997 | 24 Oct 1997 | Sch 2 (items 985-994): 1 Jan 1998 (s 2(2) and gaz 1997, No GN49) | s. 4(3) | |
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 | 146, 1999 | 11 Nov 1999 | Sch 1 (items 647-654): 5 Dec 1999 (s 2(1), (2) and gaz 1999, No S584) | -- |
156, 1999 | 24 Nov 1999 | Sch 10 (items 99, 100): 13 Mar 2000 (s 2(2)(c) and gaz 2000, No S114) | -- | |
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001 | 159, 2001 | 1 Oct 2001 | 29 Oct 2001 | Sch 1 (item 97) |
5, 2011 | 22 Mar 2011 | Schedule 5 (items 155, 156): 19 Apr 2011 | -- | |
46, 2011 | 27 June 2011 | Schedule 2 (items 813-821) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011 | Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) | |
62, 2014 | 30 June 2014 | Sch 10 (items 142-152) and Sch 14: 1 July 2014 (s 2(1) items 6, 14) | Sch 14 | |
as amended by |
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Public Governance and Resources Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2015 | 36, 2015 | 13 Apr 2015 | Sch 2 (items 7-9) and Sch 7: 14 Apr 2015 (s 2) | Sch 7 |
as amended by |
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Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2015 | 126, 2015 | 10 Sept 2015 | Sch 1 (item 486): 5 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2) | -- |
Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2015 | 126, 2015 | 10 Sept 2015 | Sch 1 (item 495): 5 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2) | -- |
61, 2016 | 23 Sept 2016 | Sch 1 (item 346): 21 Oct 2016 (s 2(1) item 1) | -- | |
National Collecting Institutions Legislation Amendment Act 2021 | 20, 2021 | 2 Mar 2021 | Sch 1 (items 10-12, 19) and Sch 2 (items 27-36): 1 May 2021 (s 2(1) item 1) | Sch 1 (item 19) and Sch 2 (item 36) |
(a) The National Library Act 1960 was amended by subsection 151(1) only of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.
(b) The National Library Act 1960 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984, 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 National Library Act 1960 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.
Provision affected | How affected |
Part I |
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s 3..................... | rep No. 217, 1973 |
s 4..................... | am No. 217, 1973; No. 5, 2011; No 62, 2014 |
Part II |
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s 5..................... | am No. 152, 1997; No 62, 2014 |
s 6..................... | am No. 216, 1973; No. 146, 1999 |
s 7..................... | am No. 33, 1991 |
s 7A.................... | ad No 217, 1973 |
| am No 21, 1989; No 33, 1991 |
| rep No 20, 2021 |
Part III |
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s 10.................... | am No 217, 1973; No 33, 1991; No 43, 1996; No 20, 2021 |
s 11.................... | rs No. 165, 1984 |
| am No. 46, 2011 |
s 12.................... | am No. 152, 1997 |
s 13.................... | am No. 217, 1973 |
| rs No. 165, 1984 |
| am No. 43, 1996 |
s 14.................... | am No 62, 2014 |
s 15.................... | am No 217, 1973; No 33, 1991; No 43, 1996; No 152, 1997; No 156, 1999; No 62, 2014; No 20, 2021 |
s 15A................... | ad No. 33, 1991 |
s 15B................... | ad No. 33, 1991 |
| rep No. 152, 1997 |
s 16.................... | am No 33, 1991; No 43, 1996; No 152, 1997; No 20, 2021 |
s 17.................... | am No 28, 1967; No 217, 1973; No 63, 1984; No 33, 1991; No 43, 1996; No 146, 1999; No 20, 2021 |
s 17A................... | ad No. 28, 1967 |
| am No. 217, 1973; No. 165, 1984; No. 33, 1991; No. 43, 1996; No. 159, 2001 |
s 17B................... | ad No. 28, 1967 |
| am No. 217, 1973 |
| rs No. 179, 1991 |
| am No. 146, 1999 |
s 17C................... | ad No. 28, 1967 |
| am No. 217, 1973 |
s 17D................... | ad No. 28, 1967 |
| am No. 217, 1973; No. 43, 1996 |
s 17E................... | ad No. 28, 1967 |
| am No. 217, 1973; No. 33, 1991; No. 43, 1996; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999; No 62, 2014 |
s 17F................... | ad No. 28, 1967 |
| am Nos. 216 and 217, 1973 |
| rep No. 65, 1985 |
s 17G................... | ad No. 28, 1967 |
| rep No. 217, 1973 |
s 17H................... | ad No. 28, 1967 |
| am No. 217, 1973; No. 33, 1991; No. 43, 1996 |
s 17J.................... | ad No. 28, 1967 |
| am No. 217, 1973 |
| rs No. 165, 1984 |
| am No. 46, 2011 |
s 18.................... | am No. 33, 1991; No. 146, 1999 |
s 19.................... | rep No. 217, 1973 |
Part IV |
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s 20.................... | am No. 217, 1973; No. 36, 1978; No. 5, 2011 |
s 21.................... | rs No. 217, 1973; No. 33, 1991 |
| rep No. 152, 1997 |
s 21A................... | ad No. 33, 1991 |
| rep No. 152, 1997 |
s 22.................... | am No 152, 1997; No 62, 2014; No 20, 2021 |
s 23.................... | rs No 217, 1973 |
| rep No 152, 1997 |
| ad No 20, 2021 |
s 24.................... | rep No 33, 1991 |
| ad No 20, 2021 |
s 25.................... | am No 28, 1967 |
| rs No 217, 1973 |
| rep No 33, 1991 |
| ad No 20, 2021 |
s 26.................... | rs No. 217, 1973 |
Part V |
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s 27.................... | am No. 28, 1967; No. 217, 1973; No. 36, 1978; No. 33, 1991 |
| rep No. 152, 1997 |
s 27A................... | ad No. 33, 1991 |
s 27B................... | ad No. 33, 1991 |
s 27C................... | ad No 20, 2021 |
s 27D................... | ad No 20, 2021 |
s 28.................... | am No. 93, 1966; No. 33, 1991; No 61, 2016 |