Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                               1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

Part II--The National Gallery of Australia                                                            3

4............ Establishment of National Gallery of Australia ................................... 3

5............ National collection to be housed in Australian Capital Territory ......... 3

6............ Functions of Gallery ........................................................................... 3

7............ Powers of Gallery ............................................................................... 4

8............ Land and works of art for Gallery ....................................................... 5

9............ Disposal of works of art from national collection ............................... 6

10.......... Exchange of works of art .................................................................... 6

11.......... Disposal of property left with Gallery ................................................. 6

Part III--The Council                                                                                                        10

12.......... Council .............................................................................................. 10

13.......... Membership of Council .................................................................... 10

14.......... Deputy Chair ..................................................................................... 10

15.......... Deputies of members ........................................................................ 11

16.......... Remuneration and allowances of members etc. ................................. 11

17.......... Termination of appointment .............................................................. 11

18.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 12

20.......... Meetings of Council .......................................................................... 12

21.......... Committees of Council ...................................................................... 13

22.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 13

Part IV--The Director                                                                                                       15

24.......... Director ............................................................................................. 15

26.......... Terms and conditions of appointment etc. ......................................... 15

27.......... Remuneration and allowances ........................................................... 15

28.......... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 15

29.......... Termination of appointment .............................................................. 16

30.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 16

31.......... Acting Director ................................................................................. 16

Part V--Staff                                                                                                                           17

33.......... Staff .................................................................................................. 17

Part VI--Finance                                                                                                                  18

34.......... Moneys payable to Gallery ............................................................... 18

36.......... National Gallery of Australia Fund ................................................... 18

37.......... Application of moneys ...................................................................... 18

38.......... Power to purchase and dispose of assets .......................................... 19

40.......... Extra matters to be included in annual report ..................................... 19

41.......... Exemption from taxation ................................................................... 19

Part VII--Miscellaneous                                                                                                   20

45.......... Supply of liquor on premises of Gallery ........................................... 20

46.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 20

Notes                                                                                                                                              21

An Act relating to the National Gallery of Australia

  

Notes to the National Gallery Act 1975

Note 1

The National Gallery Act 1975 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 61, 1975 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
National Gallery Act 1975	61, 1975	19 June 1975	3 June 1976 (see Gazette 1976, No. S93)
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	S. 8
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: Royal Assent (a)	S. 13
as amended by
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985	193, 1985	16 Dec 1985	S. 3: Royal Assent (b)	S. 16
Lands Acquisition (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1989	21, 1989	20 Apr 1989	9 June 1989 (see s.  2 and Gazette 1989, No. S185)	Ss. 5, 6, 8, 9(5), 10 and 13
Arts, Territories and Environment Legislation Amendment Act 1989	60, 1989	19 June 1989	Ss. 11 and 13: 7 Dec 1988 Part 5 (ss. 14, 15): 11 May 1989 (see s. 2(3) and Gazette 1989, No. S164) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Arts, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1990	88, 1990	20 Nov 1990	Part 5 (ss. 9-11): Royal Assent (c)	--
Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991	179, 1991	25 Nov 1991	25 Nov 1991	S. 3(2)
Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment Act 1991	199, 1991	18 Dec 1991	18 Dec 1991	--
Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1992	130, 1992	24 Oct 1992	24 Oct 1992	S. 7
Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1993	6, 1994	18 Jan 1994	S. 5: Royal Assent (d)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 2 (item 75): (e) Schedule 4 (items 100, 101) and Schedule 5 (items 90-92): Royal Assent (e)	--
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997	152, 1997	24 Oct 1997	Schedule 2 (items 951-962): 1 Jan 1998 (see Gazette 1997, No. GN49) (f)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (item 627): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (g)
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999	156, 1999	24 Nov 1999	Schedule 10 (items 94, 95): 13 Mar 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S114) (h)	--
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001	Sch. 1 (item 97) [see Table A]
National Gallery Amendment Act 2003	27, 2003	11 Apr 2003	12 Apr 2003	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 5 (items 143, 144): 19 Apr 2011	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 792-796) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]

(a)     The National Gallery Act 1975 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(29) of which provides as follows:

               (29)   The amendments of the National Gallery Act 1975 made by this Act shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(b)     The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1985, paragraph 2(15)(a) of which provides as follows:

               (15)   The amendments of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation:

                              (a)   in the case of the amendment made to subsection 2(29)--on the day on which that Act received the Royal Assent; and

(c)     The National Gallery Act 1975 was amended by Part 5 (sections 9-11) only of the Arts, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1990, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Parts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(d)     The National Gallery Act 1975 was amended by section 5 only of the Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1993, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(e)     The National Gallery Act 1975 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 75), Schedule 4 (items 100 and 101) and Schedule 5 (items 90-92) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

                 (2)   Each item in Schedule 2 commences or is taken to have commenced (as the case requires) at the time specified in the note at the end of the item.

         Item 75 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of the Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1992.

         The Arts, Environment and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1992 came into operation on 24 October 1992.

(f)      The National Gallery Act 1975 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 951-962) only of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

(g)     The National Gallery Act 1975 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 627) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(h)     The National Gallery Act 1975 was amended by Schedule 10 (items 94 and 95) only of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999, subsection 2(2)(c) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   The following provisions commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation:

                              (c)   the items in Schedules 10, 11 and 12.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title.....................................	rs. No. 130, 1992
Part I
S. 3......................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 130, 1992; No. 152, 1997; No. 5, 2011
Heading to Part II..............	rs. No. 43, 1996
Part II
S. 4......................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 130, 1992; No. 6, 1994
Note to s. 4(2)....................	ad. No. 152, 1997
S. 7......................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 152, 1997
S. 8......................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 43, 1996
S. 9......................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 88, 1990; No. 27, 2003
S. 10....................................	rs. No. 65, 1985
S. 11....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 21, 1989; No. 43, 1996
Part III
S. 12....................................	am. No. 130, 1992
S. 13....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 43, 1996; No. 152, 1997
S. 14....................................	am. No. 43, 1996; No. 152, 1997
S. 15....................................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 16....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 43, 1996
S. 17....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 43, 1996; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
S. 18....................................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 19....................................	rs. No. 65, 1985
	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 20....................................	am. No. 43, 1996; No. 152, 1997
S. 22....................................	rs. No. 65, 1985
	am.  No. 152, 1997
Part IV
Heading to Part IV.............	rs. No. 65, 1985
S. 23....................................	rep. No. 65, 1985
S. 24....................................	am. No. 130, 1992
S. 25....................................	rep. No. 65, 1985
S. 26....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 43, 1996; No. 159, 2001
S. 27....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 43, 1996
S. 28....................................	am. No. 65, 1985
	rs. No. 179, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 29....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 179, 1991; No. 43, 1996; No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
S. 30....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 43, 1996
S. 31....................................	rs. No. 65, 1985
	am. No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 31.......................	ad. No. 46, 2011
S. 32....................................	rep. No. 65, 1985
Part V
S. 33....................................	am. No. 199, 1991
Part VI
S. 34....................................	am. No. 34, 1978; No. 5, 2011
S. 35....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 36....................................	rs. No. 65, 1985
	am. No. 130, 1992
S. 37....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 152, 1997
S. 38....................................	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 60, 1989; No. 179, 1991; No. 152, 1997
S. 39....................................	rs. No. 65, 1985
	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 40....................................	rs. No. 65, 1985
	am. No. 88, 1990
	rs. No. 152, 1997
S. 41....................................	am. No. 65, 1985
Part VII
S. 42....................................	am. No. 36, 1978
	rep. No. 65, 1985
Ss. 43, 44............................	rep. No. 65, 1985
S. 46....................................	am. No. 65, 1985

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001
(No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97  Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.