New Zealand Legislation: Acts

15 Documents may be made available for public exhibition

• (1) The Chief Librarian may, to the extent that the power is delegated in accordance with section 14, make 1 or more documents from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library available on a temporary basis for public exhibition in New Zealand or elsewhere, on terms and conditions that the Chief Librarian thinks fit.

  (2) In determining whether to exercise the power under subsection (1), the Chief Librarian must have regard to the following matters:

  • (a) the purposes of the Alexander Turnbull Library; and

  • (b) the interests of readers visiting the Alexander Turnbull Library; and

  • (c) the physical condition and rarity of the document; and

  • (d) the physical environment in which the document will be exhibited; and

  • (e) any risks to which the document is likely to be exposed while in transit to, or in the custody of, the person or authority responsible for the exhibition of the document; and

  • (f) terms and conditions imposed by the National Librarian in a delegation made under section 14.