Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

LIBRARY BOARD (REGISTERED PUBLIC LIBRARIES) REGULATIONS 1985 - REG 6

6 .         Certain other persons may be registered readers

        (1)         A library authority may, subject to these regulations, register as a registered reader a person other than a person referred to in regulation 5, where that person — 

            (a)         if employed within the library authority area, produces a recommendation from his employer, acceptable to the library authority, that he be accepted as a registered reader or pays to the library authority the deposit referred to in paragraph (c);

            (b)         if attending an educational institution within that area, produces a recommendation authorised by the principal of the institution, acceptable to the library authority, that he be accepted as a registered reader or pays to the library authority the deposit referred to in paragraph (c); or

            (c)         pays to the library authority a refundable deposit of such amount as is determined by the library authority with the concurrence of the Board and displayed by notice in the library.

        (2)         The library authority shall return the deposit referred to in subregulation (1) where the depositor — 

            (a)         becomes a permanent resident in the library authority area; or

            (b)         notifies the library, in writing, that he wishes to discontinue borrowing from the library, and has returned all books borrowed from the library,

                but any amount owing to the library by the depositor, for any reason including failure to return a book, may be offset against the deposit.

        (3)         A library authority may dispense with the requirement for a refundable deposit.