Victorian Arts Centre (Amendment) Act 2001 (Vic)

Victorian Arts Centre (Amendment) Act 2001

Act No. 66/2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

1.	Purposes	1
2.	Commencement	2
3.	Principal Act	2
4.	Public art collection	2

3B. Public art collection 2

5.	Functions of the Trust	3
6.	Powers of the Trust	3
7.	Disposal of works in public art collection	3
8.	Amendment of Museums Act 1983	3

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Victoria

No. 66 of 2001

Victorian Arts Centre (Amendment)

Act 2001†

[Assented to 23 October 2001]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1. Purposes

The purposes of this Act are—

(a) to amend the Victorian Arts Centre Act 1979 to change the functions and powers of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust to enable the Trust to establish and manage a public collection of art; and

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(b) to amend the Museums Act 1983 to remove the requirement of Ministerial approval for the engagement of consultants and technical advisors by the Museums Board of Victoria.

2. Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3. Principal Act

See:

Act No.	In this Act, the Victorian Arts Centre Act 1979
9354	is called the Principal Act.
Reprint No. 3
as at
1 July 2000
and
amending Act No. 11/2001. LawToday: dpc.vic. gov.au

4. Public art collection

In Part 1 of the Principal Act, after section 3A
insert—

"3B. Public art collection

The public art collection comprises all
artworks, including paintings, works on
paper, sculptures and textiles, of cultural,

social or historical significance that are—

(a)	vested in the Trust and accepted for the public art collection by the Trust; or
(b)	acquired and accepted for the public art collection by the Trust; or
(c)	given or bequeathed to the Trust or held on trust by the Trust, whether before or after the commencement of the

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or in favour of the Trust or for the uses or purposes of the Trust, and accepted for the public art collection by the Trust.".

5. Functions of the Trust

In section 5(1) of the Principal Act, after
paragraph (f) insert—

"(fa) to establish, maintain, conserve, develop,

promote and exhibit the public art collection;

and

(fb) to make any object from the public art

collection available for study or loan to
persons or institutions, subject to any

conditions that the Trust determines; and".

6. Powers of the Trust

In section 6(2) of the Principal Act, after
paragraph (l), insert—

"(la) to establish and operate a public art gallery;".

7. Disposal of works in public art collection

In section 18 of the Principal Act—

(a)	in sub-section (1), after "State collection" insert "or the public art collection";
(b)	in sub-section (2)(b), after "State collection" insert "or the public art collection, as the case may be,";
(c)	in sub-section (7), after "State collection" insert "or the public art collection, as the case may be".

8. Amendment of Museums Act 1983

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See:	In section 21 of the Museums Act 1983 omit
Act No. 9903
Reprint No. 3	"with the approval of the Minister".
as at 26 March 199 8 and amending Act Nos 46/1998 and 11/2001. LawToday: dpc.vic. gov.au

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ENDNOTES

†

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 19 September 2001

Legislative Council: 11 October 2001

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Victorian Arts
Centre Act 1979 to change the functions and powers of the Victorian
Arts Centre Trust, to amend the Museums Act 1983 and for other
purposes."