New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FILM AND TELEVISION OFFICE ACT 1988 - SECT 6

6 Functions of the Office

(1) The Office has the following functions in order to further its object:

(a) to provide financial and other assistance to the film and television industry in carrying out the industry’s activities in New South Wales and to disseminate information about those activities,

(b) to provide financial and other assistance for persons (including directors, producers, actors, writers and technicians) whose work in the film and television industry merits encouragement,

(c) to provide financial and other assistance for script and project development for film and television,

(d) to contribute, financially and otherwise, to the work of film festivals and markets,

(e) to assist in the promotion of public interest in film as a medium of communication and as an art form and in the development of an informed and critical film audience,

(f) to provide policy and support services and advice to Government agencies on the production of films and sound recordings,

(g) to advise the Minister on the operation of the film and television industry in New South Wales,

(h) to undertake the production of films or sound recordings on its own behalf or for any other person, body or organisation (including any Government agency),

(i) to carry out such obligations and responsibilities determined by the Minister as may be necessary for the maintenance and administration of the film catalogue vested in the Office.

(2) The Office has the power to do all things that may be necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the exercise of its functions. The power includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) the power to lend or grant money on such terms as it thinks fit,

(b) the power to acquire, or enter into agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition of, rights (whether exclusive or non-exclusive) in or in respect of a film or sound recording,

(c) the power to enter into agreements or arrangements that entitle the Office to receive a share of the proceeds from the sale, hire, distribution, broadcasting or any other exploitation of a film or sound recording in respect of which the Office has provided assistance financially or otherwise,

(d) the power to impose such charges or fees in respect of access to, or use of, any of the resources, facilities or services of the Office as the Office thinks fit,

(e) the power to act as trustee of money, films, sound recordings or other property vested in the Office upon trust or to act on behalf of the Government, or a Government agency, in the administration of a trust relating to films or sound recordings or to matters connected with films or sound recordings.

(3) The Office may do all things that are supplemental or incidental to, or consequential on, the exercise of its functions.

(4) However, the Office cannot employ any staff.

Note: Staff may be employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 in the Government Service to enable the Office to exercise its functions.