Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL ACT 1980 No. 104 of 1980 - SECT 8

8. (1) Subject to sub-section (3), where the Council is satisfied that
historical material in the memorial 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 memorial 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 $5,000, the Minister
        has approved of that disposal, the Memorial may dispose of that
        historical material accordingly.