LIBRARY ACT 1939

New South Wales Consolidated Acts

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LIBRARY ACT 1939 - NOTES

- As at 7 June 2011 - Act 40 of 1939

Does not include amendments by:

State Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2006 No 50 (not commenced)

Reprint history (since 1972):

Reprint No 1   1 October 1975
Reprint No 2   21 March 1978
Reprint No 3   12 August 1991
Reprint No 4   27 October 1997
Reprint No 5   3 April 2007

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Library Act 1939 No 40. Assented to 13.11.1939. Date of commencement (except secs 13 and 14), 1.6.1940, sec 1 (2) (a) and GG No 71 of 10.5.1940, p 2181; date of commencement of secs 13 and 14, 1.1.1944, sec 1 (2) (b) and GG No 147 of 31.12.1943, p 2271. This Act has been amended as follows:

1948	No 30	Local Government (Areas) Act 1948. Assented to 3.9.1948. Date of commencement of sec 32 (2), 1.1.1949, secs 3 and 24.
1952	No 29	Library (Amendment) Act 1952. Assented to 21.10.1952. Date of commencement, 1.1.1952, sec 1 (3).
1959	No 12	Library (Amendment) Act 1959. Assented to 1.10.1959. Date of commencement, 1.1.1959, sec 1 (3).
1965	No 33	Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
1969	No 77	Library (Amendment) Act 1969. Assented to 3.12.1969. Date of commencement, 1.1.1970, sec 1 (2).
1970	No 86	Library (Amendment) Act 1970. Assented to 9.12.1970.
1971	No 49	Library (Amendment) Act 1971. Assented to 14.12.1971. Date of commencement, 1.1.1972, sec 1 (2).
1974	No 24	Library (Amendment) Act 1974. Assented to 17.4.1974. Date of commencement, 1.6.1974, sec 2 and GG No 64 of 31.5.1974, p 2061.
1975	No 41	Library (Amendment) Act 1975. Assented to 18.4.1975. Date of commencement, secs 1, 2 and 5 (p) (iii), (p) (iv), (p) (v), (s) (iv), and (v) (vi) excepted, 1.7.1975, sec 2 (3) and GG No 73 of 23.5.1975, p 1960; date of commencement of secs 1 and 2, 18.4.1975, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of sec 5 (p) (iii), (p) (iv), (p) (v), (s) (iv), and (v) (vi), 1.8.1975, sec 2 (2) and GG No 100 of 25.7.1975, p 2901.
1977	No 81	Library (Amendment) Act 1977. Assented to 20.10.1977. Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 1.1.1978, sec 2 and GG No 162 of 30.12.1977, p 5769.
1983	No 153	Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 29.12.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.1.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 4 of 6.1.1984, p 19.
1984	No 153	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984. Assented to 10.12.1984.
1987	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
	No 201	Miscellaneous Acts (Heritage Authorities) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 4.12.1987. Date of commencement, 21.7.1989, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 21.7.1989, p 4496.
1989	No 110	Cultural Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1989. Assented to 24.8.1989. Date of commencement, 6.10.1989, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 22.9.1989, p 7312.
	No 132	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No 2) Act 1989. Assented to 5.9.1989. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Library Act 1939, assent, sec 2. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990 No 108. Assented to 13.12.1990. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No 2) Act 1989, assent, sec 2.
1992	No 40	Library (Amendment) Act 1992. Assented to 19.5.1992. Date of commencement, 17.7.1992, sec 2 and GG No 89 of 17.7.1992, p 4968.
	No 112	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1994	No 44	Local Government Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 19, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 17.6.1994, p 2915.
1995	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 1.72, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
1996	No 30	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
1999	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
2000	No 53	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000. Assented to 29.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
2001	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2003	No 40	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.24, assent, sec 2 (2).
2005	No 64	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 2	Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007	No 27	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2009	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1.23, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (2).
2011	No 9	Library Amendment Act 2011. Assented to 7.6.2011. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

This Act has also been amended:

(a) pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 25.9.1975, and published in Gazette No 125 of 26.9.1975, p 3936, declaring that the Library Act 1939 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply, and

(b) by a regulation under the Public Authorities (Financial Accommodation) Act 1981 No 82. Regulation published in Gazette No 50 of 18.3.1983, p 1255.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996.

Long title	Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (a).
Sec 1	Am 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (a); 1975 No 41, sec 5 (b).
Sec 1A	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (c). Rep 1989 No 132, Sch 2.
Sec 2	Am 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (b); 1975 No 41, sec 5 (d); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (1); 1995 No 11, Sch 1.72 [1]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [1]-[3]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.34 [1]; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.31; 2011 No 9, Sch 1 [1].
Part 2, headings	Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (e).
Sec 3	Am 1974 No 24, sec 3. Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (f). Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [4].
Sec 4	Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (f). Am 1987 No 201, Sch 1; 1989 No 110, Sch 1; 2000 No 53, Sch 4.2 [1].
Sec 4A	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (f).
Sec 4B	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (f). Am GG No 50 of 18.3.1983, p 1255; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [5]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.34 [2].
Sec 5	Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (g); 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [6]; 2011 No 9, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 5A	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (h). Rep GG No 50 of 18.3.1983, p 1255.
Secs 5B-5E	Ins 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 6	Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (i); 1983 No 153, Sch 2. Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [7].
Sec 6A	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (i). Subst 1983 No 153, Sch 2. Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [7].
Sec 7	Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (j); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (3); 1989 No 132, Sch 2. Subst 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [8]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.34 [3].
Sec 7A	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (k).
Sec 7B	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (k). Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.34 [4] [5].
Part 2A (secs 7C-7E)	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (1).
Part 3, headings	Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (m).
Sec 8	Am 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (c); 1975 No 31, sec 5 (n).
Sec 9	Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (o).
Sec 10	Am 1970 No 86, sec 2; 1975 No 41, sec 5 (p); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (4); 1989 No 132, Sch 2. Subst 1992 No 40, Sch 1 (1); 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [9]. Am 2011 No 9, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 10A	Ins 1992 No 40, Sch 1 (1). Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1.72 [2]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [10] [11].
Sec 11	Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (q).
Sec 12	Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (r); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (5).
Sec 12A	Ins 2011 No 9, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 13	Am 1952 No 29, sec 2; 1959 No 12, sec 2; 1965 No 33, First Sch; 1969 No 77, sec 2; 1971 No 49, sec 2; 1975 No 41, sec 5 (s); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (6); 1984 No 153, Sch 16; 1992 No 40, Sch 1 (2); 1994 No 44, Sch 19; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [12] [13].
Sec 14	Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (t).
Part 3A, heading	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (u). Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [14].
Part 4, heading	Am 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (d). Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [14]. Ins 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [15].
Sec 15	Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (v); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1989 No 132, Sch 2 (am 1990 No 108, Sch 2); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.137; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [16]-[19]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 16	Am 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (7); 1999 No 85, Sch 4. Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [20].
Sec 17	Rep 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (e). Ins 2000 No 53, Sch 4.2 [2].
Sch 1 (previously Sch)	Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (w). Am 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (8); 1987 No 201, Sch 1; 1989 No 110, Sch 1; 1989 No 132, Sch 2. Renumbered 2000 No 53, Sch 4.2 [3]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.24 [1]-[4]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [21] [22]; 2006 No 120, Sch 1.18; 2009 No 56, Sch 1.23 [1].
Sch 2	Ins 2000 No 53, Sch 4.2 [4]. Am 2009 No 56, Sch 1.23 [2].

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