Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Act 2017 (Tas)

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Act 2017

An Act to provide for the control and management of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery including the development and care of its collections, to repeal the Tasmanian Museum Act 1950 and for related purposes [Royal Assent 16 October 2017]

Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Act 2017 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – applicable, in relation to a direction, statement or plan mentioned in any provision, means the particular direction, statement or plan in effect at or during the time or period to which the provision applies or is being considered; Board means the Board of Trustees of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; care, of material, includes the cataloguing, conservation, curation, maintenance, security and storage of the material; chairperson means the chairperson of the Board; commencement day means the day proclaimed under section 2 ; Director means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office referred to in section 23 ; financial year means the 12-month period ending on 30 June in any year; former Act means the Tasmanian Museum Act 1950 ; former Board means the board of trustees established by section 3 of the former Act; gift includes any kind of donation; material includes any item or part of the material; member means a member of the Board; Ministerial direction – see section 20 ; Ministerial statement of expectation – see section 19 ; notice means written notice; regulations means regulations made and in force under this Act; responsibility means a power, function or duty; stewardship function, of the Board, means the function specified in section 8(3) ; strategic plan – see section 21 ; The Royal Society of Tasmania means the body of that name constituted under the Royal Society Act 1911 ; TMAG means the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, being the institution formerly known as the Tasmanian Museum; TMAG collections, or collections means all of the artworks, cultural, historical and scientific artefacts, specimens, records and other objects and material under the control, management and stewardship of the Board; TMAG Foundation means the incorporated association or body corporate established under section 33 ; TMAG objectives means the institutional objectives of TMAG set out in section 5 ; TMAG staff means the persons for the time being appointed or employed under section 25 .