Libraries Act 1988
sec.80State Library etc. taken to be public place
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sec.80 State Library etc. taken to be public place
This section applies for any Act conferring or imposing on a police officer powers or functions in respect of a public place or providing for offences committed in a public place. A building or another place consisting of the State Library or a branch of the State Library is taken to be a public place. Subsection (2) must not be construed to prevent or limit the imposition by the board of conditions of entry for the building or other place. s 80 ins 1997 No. 79 s 21 (sec.80-ssec.1) This section applies for any Act conferring or imposing on a police officer powers or functions in respect of a public place or providing for offences committed in a public place. (sec.80-ssec.2) A building or another place consisting of the State Library or a branch of the State Library is taken to be a public place. (sec.80-ssec.3) Subsection (2) must not be construed to prevent or limit the imposition by the board of conditions of entry for the building or other place.