5   Abolition of Ministry for the Arts and transfer of branches

(1)  All branches are removed from the Ministry for the Arts and added to the Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation.

Note. The branches concerned include the staff attached to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Australian Museum, the Film and Television Office, the Historic Houses Trust, the Powerhouse Museum, the State Library, State Records and the Sydney Opera House.

(2)  The Ministry for the Arts is abolished as a Department of the Public Service.

(3)  In any document, a reference to the Ministry for the Arts is to be construed as a reference to the Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation.