Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ART GALLERY ACT 1959 - SECT 21

21 .         Gifts and bequests to Art Gallery and preservation of rights of officers and employees

        (1)         All gifts and bequests made to, or on behalf of, or for the benefit or purposes of, the Art Gallery shall, whether made before or after the coming into operation of this Act  ¹ , be deemed gifts and bequests to, or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, the Board.

        (2)         All gifts and bequests made to, or on behalf of, or for the benefit or purposes of, the Public Library Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia shall, whether made before or after the coming into operation of this Act  ¹ , be allocated or divided between the Board, The Library Board of Western Australia and The Western Australian Museum Board as the Governor thinks fit.

        (3)         A reference in any other Act to the Trustees shall, insofar as it refers to the Art Gallery, be construed as a reference to the Board.

        (4)             (a)         All officers and employees holding office or being employed in the Art Gallery on the coming into operation of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed and engaged by the Board under the provisions of this Act.

            (b)               (i)         All rights and accruing rights of the officers and employees of the Trustees who are employed by the Board on the coming into operation of this Act remain unimpaired and continue for the purpose of their employment with the Board.

                          (ii)         The Board shall undertake all matters incidental to the fulfilment of any obligations in connection therewith.

                          (iii)         The Trustees shall on the coming into operation of this Act be freed and discharged from the obligations.