Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The
Board —
(a)
shall, through the Director, undertake the care and control
of —
(i)
the Art Gallery and all lands and premises placed under
the care and control of the Board;
(ii)
all works of art, exhibits and other personal property
acquired by the Board for the purposes of this Act;
(b)
shall receive and apply all moneys voted by Parliament for the purposes of
this Act.
(2) The Board
may —
(a)
receive, take, or purchase any work of art, exhibit or personal property;
(b) sell
or exchange any work of art, exhibit or personal property or any work of art,
exhibit or personal property under the care or control of the Board;
(c) lend
or make available to any institution, Government department or person, upon
such terms and conditions as the Board thinks fit, any work of art, exhibit or
other personal property of which the Board has the care and control;
(d)
arrange and hold exhibitions of works of art in such places as it thinks fit,
and propagate art by the exhibition or distribution of films, the conducting
of discussion on art and the use of other media;
(e)
publish, print and distribute literature on art and reproductions of works of
art;
(f)
advise and assist, on such terms and conditions as the Board determines, local
governments and such other bodies as the Minister, on the recommendation of
the Board, approves in the establishment, control and management of regional
art galleries or like establishments in any part of the State;
(g)
establish, control and manage branch art galleries in any part of the State;
(h) for
any service or purpose, or for admission to the Art Gallery or to any part
thereof, or to any branch gallery or to any exhibition, require the payment of
such a fee or charge as the Board determines;
(i)
operate restaurants in or on any part of the Art Gallery
or of any lands or premises placed under the care and control of the Board or
lease to other persons any part of the Art Gallery or of any such lands or
premises for the purpose of the operation of restaurants therein or thereon;
(j) do
or permit others to do such things, or carry on or permit others to carry on
such activities, or provide or permit others to provide such facilities, in or
on any part of the Art Gallery or of any lands or premises placed under the
care and control of the Board as are necessary or incidental
to —
(i)
the exercise of the powers referred to in
paragraphs (a) to (i);
(ii)
the nature and function of a modern public art gallery;
(iii)
the encouragement of art in Western Australia; or
(iv)
the carrying into effect generally of the objects of this
Act.
[Section 18 amended by No. 28 of 1968
s. 3; No. 35 of 1978 s. 11; No. 40 of 1981 s. 3;
No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]