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These regulations may be cited as the Library Board (Registered Public Libraries) Regulations 1985 1.
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Bill homepageThese regulations may be cited as the Library Board (Registered Public Libraries) Regulations 1985 1.
In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
book includes a periodical, newspaper, pamphlet, music score, picture, print, photograph, microfilm, map, chart, plan, manuscript, film, slide, sound recording, video recording or any other article of a like nature, forming part of the contents of the library whether or not the property of the Board or of the library authority;
librarian means the person for the time being appointed by the library authority to be in charge of the library, or the duly appointed delegate of that person;
library means a registered public library and included all premises forming part of or used by the library;
library authority means a participating body and in relation to a library means the participating body controlling that library;
library authority area means —
with respect to a library authority which is a local authority, the area enclosed by the boundaries of that authority;
with respect to a library authority which is other than a local authority, the service area as defined by agreement between that library authority and the Board;
permanent resident means a person who can show evidence, to the satisfaction of the relevant librarian, that he resides in the library authority area;
reader’s ticket means a ticket issued by the library authority under regulation 5(3);
registered reader means a person to whom a reader’s ticket is issued, in accordance with these regulations by a library authority;
recognized organization means any organization which is permitted to borrow books from a library under regulation 7.
Where in accordance with the Local Government Act 1960 2 a municipality that is a library authority within the meaning of these regulations (in this regulation referred to as “the former municipality”) —
is included in the district of a new municipality constituted under that Act;
is united with a municipality that is not such a library authority; or
is dissolved and its district is included in that of a municipality that is not such a library authority,
then for the purposes of these regulations the municipality in which is included the district of the former municipality, shall in respect of the rights and liabilities of the former municipality relating to the library authority, exercise those rights and be subject to those liabilities to the same extent and in respect to the same district only as the former municipality could do and was subject to, until the municipality on which those rights and liabilities are so conferred and imposed is declared to be a participating body pursuant to the provisions of the Act.
A library authority shall open the library on such days and during such hours as it may with the concurrence of the Board determine.
A library authority shall clearly exhibit and keep exhibited in or on the library in a conspicuous place a statement of the days and times during which the library will be open.
A person who is a permanent resident in a library authority area may make application on the appropriate form provided by the library authority to be registered by the library authority as a registered reader.
The library authority may require that an application from a child under the age of 18 years, for registration as a reader, shall be signed by a parent or other guarantor who will accept financial responsibility for books borrowed from the library.
The library authority shall issue to each registered reader one or more reader’s tickets for use in accordance with regulation 11.
A registered reader who is registered with any library authority in the State is entitled, on the production of a current reader’s ticket, subject to any conditions made by the library authority pursuant to these regulations, to borrow books from a library.
A library authority may, subject to these regulations, register as a registered reader a person other than a person referred to in regulation 5, where that person —
if employed within the library authority area, produces a recommendation from his employer, acceptable to the library authority, that he be accepted as a registered reader or pays to the library authority the deposit referred to in paragraph (c);
if attending an educational institution within that area, produces a recommendation authorised by the principal of the institution, acceptable to the library authority, that he be accepted as a registered reader or pays to the library authority the deposit referred to in paragraph (c); or
pays to the library authority a refundable deposit of such amount as is determined by the library authority with the concurrence of the Board and displayed by notice in the library.
The library authority shall return the deposit referred to in subregulation (1) where the depositor —
becomes a permanent resident in the library authority area; or
notifies the library, in writing, that he wishes to discontinue borrowing from the library, and has returned all books borrowed from the library,
but any amount owing to the library by the depositor, for any reason including failure to return a book, may be offset against the deposit.
A library authority may dispense with the requirement for a refundable deposit.
The library authority may permit any organization being an association, society, educational institution or business or any department or agency of the Government of the State or Commonwealth to borrow books which are required for the official business of the organization.
An organization wishing to borrow books shall make application on the appropriate form provided by the library authority signed by an officer of the organization.
A charge shall not be made for the registration of a reader, for the issue of a reader’s ticket or for the loan of books, but the library authority may make a charge for the issue of a ticket to replace one lost or destroyed, the amount of which shall be determined by the library authority with the concurrence of the Board.
A reader’s ticket shall remain in force until the holder of that ticket returns the ticket for cancellation or until the expiration of 2 years, or such longer period as the library authority may determine, from the date of issue whichever occurs first.
A reader’s ticket is not transferable.
A person shall not make a copy of a reader’s ticket with the intention of representing it to be an original.
A person is responsible for all books borrowed on the reader’s ticket issued in his name.
Where a reader’s ticket is lost or destroyed, the person in whose name the ticket was issued shall immediately notify the librarian —
at the library where the ticket was issued; and
at any library where the ticket was frequently used,
but the person in whose name the ticket was issued shall remain responsible for any books borrowed on that ticket while the ticket remains current.
Where a person proves to the satisfaction of the librarian that his reader’s ticket has been lost or destroyed, that person may, on payment of a fee, where so required, be issued with a reader’s ticket in lieu of the one lost or destroyed.
A registered reader who changes address or does not intend to use the library in the future shall notify the librarian forthwith and forward the reader’s tickets for alterations or cancellation.
Before a book is borrowed from a library the person borrowing it shall present his reader’s ticket at the issuing desk of the library.
A librarian may refuse to issue books except to the borrower in person.
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