Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

LIBRARY BOARD (REGISTERED PUBLIC LIBRARIES) REGULATIONS 1985 - REG 9

9 .         Reader’s tickets

        (1)         A reader’s ticket shall remain in force until the holder of that ticket returns the ticket for cancellation or until the expiration of 2 years, or such longer period as the library authority may determine, from the date of issue whichever occurs first.

        (2)         A reader’s ticket is not transferable.

        (3)         A person shall not make a copy of a reader’s ticket with the intention of representing it to be an original.

        (4)         A person is responsible for all books borrowed on the reader’s ticket issued in his name.

        (5)         Where a reader’s ticket is lost or destroyed, the person in whose name the ticket was issued shall immediately notify the librarian — 

            (a)         at the library where the ticket was issued; and

            (b)         at any library where the ticket was frequently used,

                but the person in whose name the ticket was issued shall remain responsible for any books borrowed on that ticket while the ticket remains current.

        (6)         Where a person proves to the satisfaction of the librarian that his reader’s ticket has been lost or destroyed, that person may, on payment of a fee, where so required, be issued with a reader’s ticket in lieu of the one lost or destroyed.