Library Act 1939 No 40
Table of versions
| Effective date | Publication date | Amendments included | Notes |
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| 17 June 2019 | 17 June 2019 | 2019 No
2 |
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| 15 July 2015 | 15 July 2015 | 2015 No
15 |
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| 04 January 2013 | 04 January 2013 | 2012 No
95 |
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| 07 June 2011 | 07 June 2011 | 2011 No
9 |
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| 17 July 2009 | 17 July 2009 | 2009 No
56 |
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| 06 July 2009 | 06 July 2009 | 2007 No
94 |
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| 04 July 2007 | 04 July 2007 | 2007 No
27 |
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| 04 December 2006 | 04 December 2006 | 2006 No
120 |
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| 17 March 2006 | 17 March 2006 | 2006 No
2 |
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| 01 July 2005 | 01 July 2005 | 2005 No
64 |
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| 22 July 2003 | 22 July 2003 | 2003 No
40 |
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| 07 July 2003 | 07 July 2003 | 2001 No
121 |
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| 29 June 2000 | 29 June 2000 | 2000 No
53 |
Original legislation
(a)pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (previously Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 25.9.1975, and published in Gazette No 125 of 26.9.1975, p 3936, declaring that the Library Act 1939 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply, and
(b)by a regulation under the Public Authorities (Financial Accommodation) Act 1981 No 82. Regulation published in Gazette No 50 of 18.3.1983, p 1255.
Library Act 1939 No 40
Assented to 13.11.1939.
Date of commencement (except secs 13 and 14), 1.6.1940, sec 1 (2) (a) and GG No 71 of 10.5.1940, p 2181.
Date of commencement of secs 13 and 14, 1.1.1944, sec 1 (2) (b) and GG No 147 of 31.12.1943, p 2271.
Amending legislation
Library Amendment Act 2019 No 2
Assented to 17.06.2019.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 No 15
Assented to 29.06.2015.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.7.2015, sec 2 (3).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2012 No 95
Assented to 21.11.2012.
Date of commencement of Schs 1.10 and 2, 4.1.2013, sec 2 (1).
Library Amendment Act 2011 No 9
Assented to 07.06.2011.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 No 56
Assented to 01.07.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.23, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (2).
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94
Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 No 27
Assented to 04.07.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006 No 120
Assented to 04.12.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2).
Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No 2
Assented to 13.03.2006.
Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005 No 64
Assented to 01.07.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, assent, sec 2 (2).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 No 40
Assented to 22.07.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.24, assent, sec 2 (2).
Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001 No 121
Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000 No 53
Assented to 29.06.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999 No 85
Assented to 03.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 No 30
Assented to 21.06.1996.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995 No 11
Assented to 09.06.1995.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.72, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
Local Government Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1994 No 44
Assented to 02.06.1994.
Date of commencement of Sch 19, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 17.6.1994, p 2915.
Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992 No 112
Assented to 08.12.1992.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Library (Amendment) Act 1992 No 40
Assented to 19.05.1992.
Date of commencement, 17.7.1992, sec 2 and GG No 89 of 17.7.1992, p 4968.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No 2) Act 1989 No 132
Assented to 05.09.1989.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Library Act 1939, assent, sec 2.
Amending legislation
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990 No 108
Assented to 13.12.1990.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No 2) Act 1989, assent, sec 2.
Cultural Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1989 No 110
Assented to 24.08.1989.
Date of commencement, 6.10.1989, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 22.9.1989, p 7312.
Miscellaneous Acts (Heritage Authorities) Amendment Act 1987 No 201
Assented to 04.12.1987.
Date of commencement, 21.7.1989, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 21.7.1989, p 4496.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987 No 48
Assented to 28.05.1987.
Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984 No 153
Assented to 10.12.1984.
Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983 No 153
Assented to 29.12.1983.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.1.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 4 of 6.1.1984, p 19.
Library (Amendment) Act 1977 No 81
Assented to 20.10.1977.
Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 1.1.1978, sec 2 and GG No 162 of 30.12.1977, p 5769.
Library (Amendment) Act 1975 No 41
Assented to 18.04.1975.
Date of commencement, secs 1, 2 and 5 (p) (iii), (p) (iv), (p) (v), (s) (iv), and (v) (vi) excepted, 1.7.1975, sec 2 (3) and GG No 73 of 23.5.1975, p 1960.
Date of commencement of secs 1 and 2, 18.4.1975, sec 2 (1).
Date of commencement of sec 5 (p) (iii), (p) (iv), (p) (v), (s) (iv), and (v) (vi), 1.8.1975, sec 2 (2) and GG No 100 of 25.7.1975, p 2901.
Library (Amendment) Act 1974 No 24
Assented to 17.04.1974.
Date of commencement, 1.6.1974, sec 2 and GG No 64 of 31.5.1974, p 2061.
Library (Amendment) Act 1971 No 49
Assented to 14.12.1971.
Date of commencement, 1.1.1972, sec 1 (2).
Library (Amendment) Act 1970 No 86
Assented to 09.12.1970.
Library (Amendment) Act 1969 No 77
Assented to 03.12.1969.
Date of commencement, 1.1.1970, sec 1 (2).
Decimal Currency Act 1965 No 33
Assented to 20.12.1965.
Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
Library (Amendment) Act 1959 No 12
Assented to 01.10.1959.
Date of commencement, 1.1.1959, sec 1 (3).
Library (Amendment) Act 1952 No 29
Assented to 21.10.1952.
Date of commencement, 1.1.1952, sec 1 (3).
Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 No 30
Assented to 03.09.1948.
Date of commencement of sec 32 (2), 1.1.1949, secs 3 and 24.
History notes
This is a consolidated list of all history notes for this title. View the history notes inline to see the point-in-time history of provisions for a particular historical version by clicking the Turn history notes on button.
No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996.
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Long title |
Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (a). |
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Sec 1 |
Am 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (a); 1975 No 41, sec 5 (b). |
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Sec 1A |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (c). Rep 1989 No 132, Sch 2. |
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Sec 2 |
Am 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (b); 1975 No 41, sec 5 (d); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (1); 1995 No 11, Sch 1.72 [1]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [1]–[3]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.34 [1]; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.31; 2011 No 9, Sch 1 [1]; 2012 No 95, Sch 2.20; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.40 [1]; 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [1]. |
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Part 2, headings |
Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (e). |
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Sec 3 |
Am 1974 No 24, sec 3. Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (f). Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [4]; 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [2] [3]. |
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Sec 4 |
Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (f). Am 1987 No 201, Sch 1; 1989 No 110, Sch 1; 2000 No 53, Sch 4.2 [1]. |
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Sec 4A |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (f). |
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Sec 4B |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (f). Am GG No 50 of 18.3.1983, p 1255; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [5]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.34 [2]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.40 [2]; 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [4] [5]. |
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Sec 5 |
Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (g); 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [6]; 2011 No 9, Sch 1 [2]; 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [6]. |
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Sec 5A |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (h). Rep GG No 50 of 18.3.1983, p 1255. Ins 2015 No 15, Sch 3.40 [3]. |
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Secs 5B–5E |
Ins 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (2). |
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Sec 6 |
Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (i); 1983 No 153, Sch 2. Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [7]. |
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Sec 6A |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (i). Subst 1983 No 153, Sch 2. Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [7]. |
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Sec 7 |
Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (j); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (3); 1989 No 132, Sch 2. Subst 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [8]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.34 [3]. |
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Sec 7A |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (k). Am 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [7]. |
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Sec 7B |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (k). Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.34 [4] [5]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.40 [4]. Subst 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [8]. |
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Sec 7BA |
Ins 2012 No 95, Sch 1.10. |
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Part 2A (secs 7C–7E) |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (1). |
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Part 3, headings |
Subst 1975 No 41, sec 5 (m). |
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Sec 8 |
Am 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (c); 1975 No 31, sec 5 (n). |
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Sec 9 |
Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (o). |
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Sec 10 |
Am 1970 No 86, sec 2; 1975 No 41, sec 5 (p); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (4); 1989 No 132, Sch 2. Subst 1992 No 40, Sch 1 (1); 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [9]. Am 2011 No 9, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 10A |
Ins 1992 No 40, Sch 1 (1). Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1.72 [2]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [10] [11]. |
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Sec 11 |
Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (q). |
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Sec 12 |
Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (r); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (5). |
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Sec 12A |
Ins 2011 No 9, Sch 1 [4]. |
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Sec 13 |
Am 1952 No 29, sec 2; 1959 No 12, sec 2; 1965 No 33, First Sch; 1969 No 77, sec 2; 1971 No 49, sec 2; 1975 No 41, sec 5 (s); 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (6); 1984 No 153, Sch 16; 1992 No 40, Sch 1 (2); 1994 No 44, Sch 19; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [12] [13]. |
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Sec 14 |
Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (t). |
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Part 3A, heading |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (u). Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [14]. Ins 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [9]. |
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Part 3A |
Ins 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [9]. |
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Secs 14A–14E |
Ins 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [9]. |
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Part 4, heading |
Am 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (d). Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [14]. Ins 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [15]. |
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Sec 14F |
Ins 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [10]. |
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Sec 15 |
Am 1975 No 41, sec 5 (v); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1989 No 132, Sch 2 (am 1990 No 108, Sch 2); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.137; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [16]–[19]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
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Sec 16 |
Am 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (7); 1999 No 85, Sch 4. Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [20]. |
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Sec 17 |
Rep 1948 No 30, sec 32 (2) (e). Ins 2000 No 53, Sch 4.2 [2]. |
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Sch 1 (previously Sch) |
Ins 1975 No 41, sec 5 (w). Am 1977 No 81, Sch 1 (8); 1987 No 201, Sch 1; 1989 No 110, Sch 1; 1989 No 132, Sch 2. Renumbered 2000 No 53, Sch 4.2 [3]. Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.24 [1]–[4]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.15 [21] [22]; 2006 No 120, Sch 1.18; 2009 No 56, Sch 1.23 [1]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.40 [5]. |
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Sch 2 |
Ins 2000 No 53, Sch 4.2 [4]. Am 2009 No 56, Sch 1.23 [2]; 2019 No 2, Sch 1 [11]. |
Library Bill 1939
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