Western Australian Current Acts

ARTS AND CULTURE TRUST ACT 2021 - SECT 10

10 .         Trust’s functions

        (1)         In this section —

        promote , in relation to an activity, includes attract, organise, commission, fund, invest in, support, market, advertise and act as project manager.

        (2)         The Trust has the following functions —

            (a)         to establish, care for, control, manage, operate, maintain, develop and improve Trust venues and other Trust property;

            (b)         to use, or authorise the use of, Trust venues and other Trust property for —

                  (i)         production activities; or

                  (ii)         any other activities of an artistic, cultural, recreational or educational nature; or

                  (iii)         the purpose of public entertainment or recreation; or

                  (iv)         any other purpose approved by the Minister; or

                  (v)         any purpose ancillary to activities or purposes referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (iv);

            (c)         to coordinate Trust venue programming and the use of Trust venues, and other Trust property, for activities or purposes referred to in paragraph (b);

            (d)         to provide, maintain, improve and promote facilities, amenities and services at Trust venues for —

                  (i)         the instruction, entertainment and convenience of the public; or

                  (ii)         the effective operation of Trust venues;

            (e)         to encourage, foster, promote and facilitate the use and enjoyment of Trust venues and other Trust property;

            (f)         without limiting paragraph (e), to promote, or take part in promoting, activities conducted at Trust venues;

            (g)         to promote public awareness of, and foster public interest in, matters relating or incidental to culture and the arts;

            (h)         without limiting paragraph (g), to promote and provide educational and training activities in relation to culture and the arts;

                  (i)         to perform other functions consistent with the use and enjoyment of Trust venues as the Trust considers appropriate;

            (j)         to perform other functions conferred on the Trust under this Act or another written law;

            (k)         to perform other functions necessary or incidental to the functions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (j).

        (3)         In performing its functions, the Trust must —

            (a)         recognise the role of resident companies and the contributions they make to culture and the arts in Western Australia; and

            (b)         seek to support resident companies in conducting their activities at Trust venues and, in particular, on matters relating to —

                  (i)         the leasing and hiring out of Trust venues and other Trust property; and

                  (ii)         Trust venue programming;

                and

            (c)         have regard to, and seek to implement, any objectives for Trust venues prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph, being matters that are of importance to the establishment, care, control, management, operation, maintenance, development or improvement of Trust venues.