Western Australian Consolidated Regulations In these regulations,
unless the contrary intention appears —
book includes a periodical, newspaper, pamphlet,
music score, picture, print, photograph, microfilm, map, chart, plan,
manuscript, film, slide, sound recording, video recording or any other article
of a like nature, forming part of the contents of the library whether or not
the property of the Board or of the library authority;
librarian means the person for the time being
appointed by the library authority to be in charge of the library, or the duly
appointed delegate of that person;
library means a registered public library and
included all premises forming part of or used by the library;
library authority means a participating body and
in relation to a library means the participating body controlling that
library;
library authority area means —
(a) with
respect to a library authority which is a local authority, the area enclosed
by the boundaries of that authority;
(b) with
respect to a library authority which is other than a local authority, the
service area as defined by agreement between that library authority and the
Board;
permanent resident means a person who can show
evidence, to the satisfaction of the relevant librarian, that he resides in
the library authority area;
reader’s ticket means a ticket issued by the
library authority under regulation 5(3);
registered reader means a person to whom a
reader’s ticket is issued, in accordance with these regulations by a
library authority;
recognized organization means any organization
which is permitted to borrow books from a library under regulation 7.