Australian library legislation

Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation and regulations for the establishment of Australia's library services. See also our page on Copyright in Australia, the provisions of which have bearing on legal deposit requirements for library collection building.

National	National Library Act, 1960 National Library Regulations
New South Wales	Library Act, 1939 Library Regulations, 1995
Queensland	Libraries and Archives Act, 1988
South Australia	Libraries Act, 1982 Libraries Act, 1985 Library Regulations, 1987
Tasmania	Libraries Act, 1984 Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts Agreement Act, 1966 Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts Regulations, 1985 Libraries Regulations, 1985 Libraries Amendment Regulations, 1989
Victoria	Libraries Act, 1988 Victorian Public Library Legislation
Western Australia	Library Board of Western Australia Act, 1951 Library Board (Conduct of Proceedings) Regulations, 1955 Library Board (Registered Public Libraries) Regulations, 1985

Please email alg@nla.gov.au with details of any other library-related legislation which could usefully included in the Gateway.

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