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AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ACT 1980 No. 104 of 1980 - SECT 6

Powers of Memorial
6. (1) Subject to this Act, the Memorial has power to do all things necessary
or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its
functions.

(2) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), the powers of the
Memorial include power-

   (a)  to purchase or take on hire, or to accept as a gift or on deposit or
        loan, historical material;

   (b)  to lend or hire out or otherwise deal with (otherwise than by way of
        disposal) historical material;

   (c)  to accept gifts, devises, bequests or assignments made to the
        Memorial, whether on trust or otherwise, and whether unconditionally
        or subject to a condition and, if a gift, devise, bequest or
        assignment is accepted by the Memorial on trust or subject to a
        condition, to act as trustee or to comply with the condition, as the
        case may be;

   (d)  to collect, and make available (whether in writing or in any other
        form and whether by sale or otherwise), information relating to
        Australian military history;

   (e)  to make available (whether by sale or otherwise) reproductions,
        replicas or other representations (whether in writing or in any other
        form) of historical material;

   (f)  to make available (whether in writing or in any other form and whether
        by sale or otherwise) information relating to the Memorial and its
        functions;

   (g)  to provide facilities to stimulate interest in Australian military
        history;

   (h)  to assist educational institutions in matters relating to Australian
        military history;

   (j)  to train members of the staff of the Memorial, and such other persons
        as the Council approves, in developing, caring for and undertaking
        research in relation to the memorial collection;

   (k)  to assist, on request, in the creation and maintenance of military
        museums in Defence Force establishments;

   (m)  to occupy, use and control any land or building owned or held under
        lease by the Commonwealth and made available to the Memorial under
        section 7;

   (n)  to erect buildings;

   (o)  to purchase or take on hire, or to accept as a gift or on deposit or
        loan, and to dispose of or otherwise deal with, furnishings, equipment
        and other goods;

   (p)  to act as trustee of moneys or other property vested in the Memorial
        on trust; and

   (q)  to act on behalf of the Commonwealth or of an authority of the
        Commonwealth in the administration of a trust relating to
        historical material or related matters.

(3) The Memorial shall not dispose of historical material except in accordance
with section 8.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any money or other
property held by the Memorial upon trust or accepted by the Memorial subject
to a condition shall not be dealt with except in accordance with the
obligations of the Memorial as trustee of the trust or as the person who has
accepted the money or other property subject to the condition, as the case may
be. 


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