Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL GALLERY ACT 1975 No. 61, 1975 - SECT 9

9. (1) Subject to sub-sections (3) and (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.

(2) Subject to sub-section (3), where the Council is satisfied that the
exchange of a work of art in the national collection for another work of art
would be advantageous to the collection, the Council may resolve that the
first-mentioned work of art be disposed of in exchange for that other work of
art.

(3) The Council shall not resolve that a work of art be disposed of until the
Council has obtained and considered reports from 2 independent experts setting
out the views of those experts on the importance to the national collection of
the work of art.

(4) The Council shall not resolve that a work of art be disposed of by way of
gift or 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.