13. Functions and powers of Trustees---(1) The functions of the
 Trustees shall be---
   (a) To advise the Minister on the general progress and development of
         the National Library, including:
           (i) The acquisition of library materials in sufficient
         strength to enable the Library to discharge its responsibilities
         to research, to scholarship, to other libraries, and to the
         people of New Zealand; and
           (ii) The provision of suitable and fitting library
         accommodation for the purposes of the National Library,
         including a modern library building which is adequate for the
         present and reasonable future needs of the Library in
         Wellington, and which is of a quality in keeping with the
         responsibilities of the Library and its place in the community:
   (b) To report to the Minister on the way in which the identity of
         collections, or the character of the services, forming part of
         the National Library is maintained from time to time, and in
         particular:
           (i) The effectiveness of the library services maintained for
         members of the House of Representatives by the General Assembly
         Library;
           (ii) The adequacy and suitability of the housing of the
         collections known as the Alexander Turnbull Library and the
         development of those collections and the associated services;
         and
           (iii) The effectiveness of the aid given from time to time to
         libraries in New Zealand by the Extension Division of the
         National Library.

   (2) The Trustees may [promote and] encourage the planning and
 co-ordinating of library development in New Zealand, and in particular:
   (a) The association of the National Library with other libraries for
         the purpose of increasing New Zealand's resources in library
         materials for research and scholarship:
   (b) The collection and dissemination of information, including the
         publication of reports and journals:
   (c) The development of research into library matters, [by] the making
         of grants for the study within or beyond New Zealand of
         libraries or any matters concerning the administration of
         libraries.

   (3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of
 section 6 of this Act, the Trustees may acquire or accept on behalf of
 the National Library, whether by purchase, gift, loan, or otherwise, and
 whether permanently or temporarily, any library material.  Any library
 material so acquired or accepted by the Trustees shall form part of the
 collections in the Library in the same manner as library material
 acquired or accepted through the expenditure of money appropriated by
 Parliament or acquired in any other manner.

   (4) The Trustees may acquire, by purchase or lease or bailment or
 otherwise, any real or personal property for the purposes of this Act.

   (5) The Trustees may dispose, by sale or lease or bailment or
 otherwise, of any real or personal property of the Trustees.

   (6) The Trustees shall have power to enter any part of the National
 Library or any premises used by the Library at any reasonable time, and
 to call for and be supplied with information by the Librarian on any
 matter on which they have advisory or other functions or powers under
 this Act.

       In subs. (2) the words ``promote and'' were inserted by s. 2 (a)
     of the National Library Amendment Act 1971.
       In subs. (2) (c) the word ``by'' was substituted for the word
     ``and'' by s. 2 (b) of the National Library Amendment Act 1971.