Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of shortening this Act, the following expressions, where used in this Act,
have the respective meanings attributed by this section, unless the context
requires otherwise —
Account means The Library Board of Western
Australia Account established by section 16;
approved body means an organisation which is not a
local government and which, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, elects and
is declared by the Governor to be a body approved as suitable for
participation in a scheme;
Board means The Library Board of Western
Australia, constituted pursuant to the provisions of this Act;
library includes a children’s library, but
does not include a library conducted by private enterprise for profit;
library service does not include a library service
conducted by private enterprise for profit;
nominee member means a person appointed as a
member of the Board under section 5(3);
participating body means —
(i)
a local government; or
(ii)
an approved body;
which elects and is declared to be a participating
body pursuant to the provisions of this Act, during such time as it continues
to be and to participate as such in a scheme;
registered public library means a free library
registered by the Board in pursuance of the provisions of this Act;
scheme means a scheme for the promotion,
organisation, or supervision, generally or in any particular case, pursuant to
the provisions of this Act, of free libraries and free library services;
State Reference Library means The State Reference
Library of Western Australia, known prior to the coming into
operation —
(a) of
the Acts Amendment (Libraries) Act 1955 1 , as the Public Library of
Western Australia; and
(b) of
the Library Board of Western Australia Act Amendment Act 1974 1 , as The
State Library of Western Australia.
[(2) deleted]
[Section 3 amended by No. 20 of 1955
s. 5; No. 29 of 1974 s. 2; No. 44 of 1983 s. 2;
No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 53 of 2000 s. 12; No. 77 of 2006
s. 17.]
[Heading inserted by No. 29 of 1974
s. 3.]