South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Libraries
Board of South Australia shall continue in existence.
(2) The Board
shall—
(a) be a
body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal; and
(b) be
capable of suing and being sued; and
(c) be
capable of holding, acquiring, dealing with and disposing of real and personal
property; and
(d) be
capable of acquiring or incurring any other rights and liabilities; and
(e) have
the powers, rights, functions and duties conferred or imposed by this Act; and
(f) hold
its property on behalf of the Crown.
(3) Where an
apparently genuine document purports to bear the common seal of the Board, it
shall be presumed in any legal proceedings, in the absence of proof to the
contrary, that the common seal of the Board was duly affixed to that document.
(4) Subject to
subsection (5), the Board shall be subject to the control and direction
of the Minister.
(5) No direction may
be given under subsection (4)—
(a) as
to the nature, content or regulation of library collections; or
(b)
suppressing the dissemination of information; or
(c)
preventing or controlling access by the public to library materials at times
when the libraries in which those materials are stored are open to the public;
or
(d) as
to the manner in which the Board is to deal with a testamentary or other gift.