Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1980 - SECT 9

             (1)  Subject to subsection (3), where the Council is satisfied that historical material in the national historical collection:

                     (a)  is unfit for the collection; or

                     (b)  is not required as part of the collection;

the Council may resolve that the historical material be disposed of by sale, gift or destruction.

             (2)  Where the Council is satisfied that the exchange of historical material in the national historical collection for other historical material would be advantageous to the collection, the Council may resolve that the first-mentioned historical material be disposed of in exchange for that other historical material.

             (3)  The Council shall not resolve that historical material be disposed of by destruction unless the Council is satisfied that the material has no saleable value.

             (4)  Where:

                     (a)  the Council has resolved, in accordance with this section, that historical material be disposed of; and

                     (b)  if the value of that historical material exceeds $250,000, the Minister has approved of that disposal;

the Museum may dispose of that historical material accordingly.

             (5)  In each report on the Museum under section 9 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 , the members must include particulars of any disposals of historic material under this section or section 9A during the financial year to which the report relates.