Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NATIONAL LIBRARY REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 17

(1)

An authorised person may require a person seeking access to library material forming part of the Library's collection to apply in writing for:

(a)

access to the material; or

(b)

admission to a reading room.

(2) An application for access to library material, or for admission to a reading room, must:

(a)

be made in a form approved by the Director-General; and

(b) specify:

(i)

the purpose of access to, and the intended use of, the material; or

(ii)

the purpose of admission to the reading room; and

(c)

include the applicant's name and address.

Note    The application may, in certain circumstances, be made electronically (see the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 ).

(3)

An authorised person may require an applicant to produce, for the authorised person's inspection, an appropriate form of identification that confirms the details mentioned in paragraph (2) (c).