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amend
the British Museum Act 1963 to permit the transfer of artefacts
in the |
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British Museum; to confer
powers on the Secretary of State to require the |
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transfer of artefacts in specified
circumstances; and for connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Amendment
of British Museum Act 1963 |
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(1) |
In section 9 of the British
Museum Act 1963 (c. 24) (transfers to other |
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institutions) after subsection
(1) insert— |
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“(2) |
The Trustees of the British
Museum may transfer to another institution |
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for
public exhibition any object comprised in the collections of the
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Provided that in deciding
whether or not to transfer any such |
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object,
the Trustees shall have regard to the probable conditions |
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of
public access to the object in the recipient institution, to the
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interests
of students and other persons visiting the Museum, to |
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the
physical condition and degree of rarity of the object in |
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question,
and to any risks to which it is likely to be exposed. |
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(3) |
The Secretary of State
may require the Trustees of the British Museum |
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to
transfer to another institution for public exhibition any object
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comprised
in the collections of the Museum if, in the opinion of the |
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Secretary
of State, the object— |
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(a) |
would be more widely accessible
to visitors in the recipient |
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institution
than in the British Museum, |
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(b) |
would be more appropriately
displayed in the recipient |
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institution
than in the British Museum by reason of its historic |
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links
with the country or region in which that institution is |
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(c) |
came to form part of the
collections of the Museum in |
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circumstances
which make its retention in the collections |
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undesirable
or inappropriate. |
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(4) |
Before
exercising the power in subsection (3) the Secretary of State
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(a) |
consult the Trustees of the
British Museum, and |
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(b) |
have regard to the considerations
set out in the proviso to |
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(5) |
A transfer under subsection
(2) or (3) shall be effected only with the |
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consent
and at the expense of the recipient institution.” |
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Short
title and commencement |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the British Museum Act 1963 (Amendment) Act 2009. |
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(2) |
This Act comes into force
at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with |
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the day on which this Act
is passed. |
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