Section 2: Functions of the Council

The Council is hereby charged with the general duty of-(a) determining who are librarians for the purposes of this Act;
(b) determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become registered as librarians (in this Act referred to as "the profession") and reviewing those;
(c) standards from time to time as circumstances may require;
(d) securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons entitled to practice the profession and the publication, from time to time, of the lists of such persons;
(e) maintaining discipline within the profession in accordance with this Act; and
(f) performing such other functions as may be conferred upon the Council by this Act.