New Zealand Legislation: Acts

18 Function of Guardians

• (1) The function of the Guardians is to advise the Minister on any of the following matters:

  • (a) the capacity of the Alexander Turnbull Library to acquire documents to be used for the purposes of research, scholarship, or mātauranga Māori, or by other libraries and the people of New Zealand:

  • (b) the provision of services to enable access and research using the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library:

  • (c) the appropriate and adequate protection of the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library:

  • (d) a decision made by the Chief Librarian under section 15 to make documents from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library available for public exhibition:

  • (e) the means to maintain—

    • (i) the identity and status of the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library:

    • (ii) the character of the services distinguishing that library as a research library:

  • (f) the adequacy and suitability of the housing and preservation of the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library:

  • (g) other matters relating to the Alexander Turnbull Library.

  (2) The National Librarian and the Chief Librarian must use their best endeavours to provide to the Guardians the information that the Guardians reasonably require to perform their function.