Libraries Act 1982

The objectives to be sought in the administration of this Act are as follows:

to achieve and maintain a co-ordinated system of libraries and library services that adequately meets the needs of the whole community;

to promote and facilitate the establishment and maintenance of libraries and library services by councils and other appropriate bodies;

to promote a co-operative approach to the provision of library services;

to ensure that the community has available to it adequate research and information services providing access to library materials and information stored in libraries and other institutions both within and outside the State.

The library services referred to in subsection (1) include the lending of library materials without direct lending charge or the payment of a membership fee.