Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1980 - SECT 9A

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), the Council may resolve that historical material owned by or in the possession of the Museum, but not in the national historical collection, be disposed of by sale, gift, exchange for other historical material, or destruction.

             (2)  The Council shall not resolve that historical material be disposed of by destruction unless the Council is satisfied that the material has no saleable value and cannot be disposed of in any other way.

             (3)  Where:

                     (a)  the Council has resolved, in accordance with this section, that historical material be disposed of; and

                     (b)  if the value of the historical material exceeds $250,000, the Minister has approved of the disposal;

the Museum may dispose of the historical material accordingly.