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provide
for the transfer from public museum and gallery collections of
arts, |
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artefacts and other objects
stolen between 1933 and 1945 by or on behalf of the |
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Nazi regime, its members and
sympathisers; to provide for the return of such |
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artefacts and objects to the
lawful owners, their heirs and successors; and for |
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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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(1) |
The bodies named in section
2 shall have the power of de-accession for an |
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object spoliated between
1933 and 1945 for the purposes of returning the object |
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(a) |
the person who lost possession
of it; or |
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to one or more of their heirs. |
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(2) |
For the purposes of subsection
(1), an object is spoliated if so found to be by an |
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advisory body established
by the Secretary of State to consider claims for the |
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loss of possession of a cultural
object during the Nazi era from 1933 to 1945. |
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(3) |
The power referred to in
subsection (1) shall be exercised only on the |
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acceptance by the Secretary
of State of a recommendation of the body referred |
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The power referred to in
subsection (1) shall not affect or override any trust or |
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condition subject to which
the object is held. |
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(5) |
For the purposes of this
section a “cultural object” means an object of historical,
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architectural, cultural,
archaeological, artistic or scientific interest. |
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This Act applies to the following
bodies— |
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The Board of Trustees of the
Armouries |
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The British Library Board |
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The
Trustees of the British Museum |
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The Trustees of the Imperial
War Museum |
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The Trustees of the National
Gallery |
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The Trustees of the National
Maritime Museum |
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The Board of Trustees of the
National Portrait Gallery |
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The Board of Trustees of the
Science Museum |
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The Board of Trustees of the
Tate Gallery |
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The Board of Trustees of the
Victoria and Albert Museum |
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The Board of Trustees of the
Wallace Collection. |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Act 2009. |
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(2) |
The Act shall come into
force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order |
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appoint and shall cease to
have effect ten years after the date on which it is |
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