Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Act 1945 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Regulation 1992 (1992-455) [GG No 102 of 21.8.1992] (NSW)
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MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES ACT 1945—
REGULATION
(Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Regulation 1992)
NEW SOUTH WALES
[Published in Gazette No. 102 of 21 August 1992]
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and on the recommendation of the Trustees of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, and in pursuance of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Act 1945, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.
PETER COLLINS, Q.C., M.P.
Minister for Arts.
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
Citation
1. This Regulation may be cited as the Museum of Applied Arts and
Sciences Regulation 1992.
Commencement
2. This Regulation commences on 1st September, 1992.
Definitions
3. In this Regulation:
“Director” means the Director of the Museum;
“meeting” means a meeting of the trustees;
“member of staff” means a member of staff of the Museum;“Museum” means the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, and
includes any branch of the Museum;
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“President” means the President of the Trustees of the Museum of
Applied Arts and Sciences;
“the Act” means the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Act
1945;
“visitor” means a person (other than a trustee or a member of staff)
who is on the premises of the Museum.
PART 2—PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRUSTEES
Ordinary meetings
4. Ordinary meetings are to be held at such times as are determined by the trustees, or at the discretion of the President.
Special meetings
5. Special meetings may be called at the request of the Director, the President or any 3 trustees.
Notice of meetings
6. The trustees are to be given at least 3 days’ notice of the day, hour
and place of, and of the business to be considered at, each meeting.
Adjourned meetings
7. (1) If the quorum for a meeting is not present within 15 minutes of the time specified in the notice calling the meeting, the meeting is to be adjourned to a day to be specified by the trustee or trustees then present.
(2) If no trustees are present within 15 minutes of the time specified in
the notice calling the meeting, the business of the meeting is to stand
adjourned until the next meeting.
Director entitled to attend meetings etc.
8. The Director has the right to attend any meeting of the trustees and
to be heard on any matter before the meeting.
Committees
9. (1) The trustees may appoint committees in relation to any aspect of the Museum’s activities and may appoint a member of any such
committee as the senior member of the committee.
(2) The President and the Director are, by virtue of holding office as
such, members of any committee, so appointed.
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(3) The President has the right to preside at any meeting of a committee.
(4) In the event that the President is absent or declines to preside:
(a) the senior member of the committee is to preside; or
(b)
if the senior member is absent or declines to preside, another member of the committee (appointed by and from the members present) is to preside.
PART 3—MANAGEMENT OF THE MUSEUM
The Director
10. (1) The Director is the chief executive officer to the trustees.
(2) The Director is responsible to the trustees for the administration
and management of the Museum and for any services provided in
connection with the Museum.
(3) The Director is to furnish the trustees, at such times as they may
determine, with a report on the activities of the Museum and its staff.
Loans of exhibits to other bodies
11. (1) The trustees may permit an exhibit that is on display to be lent
to any other person or body.
(2) The Director may permit an exhibit that is held in reserve to be lent to any other person or body.
(3) Exhibits may not be lent otherwise than in accordance with this
clause.
Accepting loans of exhibits from other bodies
12. The Director may accept an exhibit on loan from any other person or body.
PART 4—VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM
Admission to the Museum
13. The Museum is to be open to the public on such days and at such
times as the trustees may from time to time determine.
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Closed sections
14. A visitor must not enter any portion of the Museum that is not open to the public unless authorised by the Director or by the member of
staff in charge of that portion.
Maximum penalty: $40.
Baggage
15. (1) A visitor must not bring any stick, umbrella, parcel, suitcase or
other like article into the Museum.
Maximum penalty: $40.
(2) This clause does not prevent a visitor from depositing a stick,
umbrella, parcel, suitcase or other like article with the attendant at the
main door of the Museum.
Offensive behaviour
16. (1) Any member of staff may request a visitor to leave the
Museum if the visitor is behaving in an offensive manner.
(2) A visitor must not fail to leave the Museum if so requested by a
member of staff.
Maximum penalty: $40.
Handling Museum exhibits
17. A visitor must not handle any Museum exhibit otherwise than in
accordance with the permission of the Director or of a member of staff
authorised by the Director to give such permission.
Maximum penalty: $40.
Photographing exhibits
18. (1) A visitor must not take a photograph of any exhibit otherwise
than in accordance with the permission of the Director or of a member of
staff authorised by the Director to give such permission.
Maximum penalty: $40.
(2) Permission may not be given under this clause in respect of an
exhbit that is on loan from any other body or person.
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PART 5—GENERAL
Banking of money
19. (1) All money held by the trustees is to be kept in an account at such bank or banks as the trustees may from time to time determine.
(2) Money may not be withdrawn from any such account otherwise than by means of a cheque:
(a)
signed by the Director or by some other member of staff authorised by the trustees to sign cheques; and
(b)
countersigned by a trustee or by some other person authorised by the trustees to countersign cheques.
Repeal
20. The Regulations in force under the Act immediately before the commencement of this Regulation are repealed.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1. Citation
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
PART 2—PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRUSTEES
4. Ordinary meetings
5. Special meetings
6. Notice of meetings
7. Adjourned meetings
8. Director entitled to attend meetings etc.
9. Committees
PART 3—MANAGEMENT OF THE MUSEUM
10. The Director
11. Loans of exhibits to other bodies
12. Accepting loans of exhibits from other bodies
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PART 4—VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM
13. Admission to the Museum
14. Closed sections
15. Baggage
16. Offensive behaviour
17. Handling Museum exhibits
18. Photographing exhibits
PART 5—GENERAL
19. Banking of money
20. Repeal
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The object of this Regulation is to repeal the regulations currently in force under
the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Act 1945 and to replace them with a
new Regulation. The new Regulation deals with the following matters:
(a)
the proceedings of the Trustees of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Part 2); and
(b)
the management of the Museum, including the functions of the Director of the Museum and the lending and borrowing of Museum exhibits (Part 3); and
(c)
the regulation of the admission of visitors to the Museum and the behaviour of visitors in the Museum (Part 4); and
(d) other minor, consequential and ancillary matters (Parts 1 and 5).
This Regulation is made in connection with the staged repeal of subordinate legislation under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
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