(1) There is established by this section a fund by the name of the Australian National Maritime Museum Fund.
(2) Income received from the investment of money standing to the credit of the Fund forms part of the Fund.
(3) There shall be paid into the Fund:
(a) gifts and bequests of money accepted by the Museum otherwise than on trust; and
(b) money received by the Museum (other than money to be held on trust by the Museum) from the disposal of property given, devised, bequeathed or assigned to the Museum.
(4) The payment of money into a bank account maintained by the Museum under the name of the Australian National Maritime Museum Fund shall be deemed, for the purposes of subsection ( 3) of this section, to be a payment of the money into the Fund.