New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsEvery collection of books, prints, manuscripts, or similar articles, kept in any school-of-arts, or mechanics-institute, or in any building, or room, occupied or habitually used by the members of any association, or the residents of any area (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ), as a reading-room, or library, shall be deemed a public library within the meaning of section 525.