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[AS AMENDED IN PUBLIC BILL
COMMITTEE] |
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confer
power to return certain cultural objects on grounds relating to
events |
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occurring during the Nazi
era. |
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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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Bodies
to which this Act applies |
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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 Board of Trustees for
the National Galleries of Scotland, |
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The Board of Trustees of the
National Gallery, |
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The Trustees of the National
Library of Scotland, |
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The Trustees of the National
Maritime Museum, |
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The Board of Trustees of
the National Museums and Galleries on |
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The Board of Trustees of the
National Museums of Scotland, |
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The Board of Trustees of the
National Portrait Gallery, |
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The Trustees of the Natural
History Museum, |
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The Board of Trustees of the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, |
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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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Power
to return victims’ property |
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(1) |
A body to which this Act
applies may transfer an object from its collections if |
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the following conditions
are met. |
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(2) |
Condition 1 is that the Advisory
Panel has recommended the transfer. |
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(3) |
Condition 2 is that the
Secretary of State has approved the Advisory Panel’s |
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The Secretary of State may
approve a recommendation for the transfer of an |
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object from the collections
of a Scottish body only with the consent of the |
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(5) |
“Scottish body”
means— |
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The Board of Trustees for
the National Galleries of Scotland, |
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The Trustees of the National
Library of Scotland, |
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The Board of Trustees of the
National Museums of Scotland. |
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(6) |
The power conferred by subsection
(1) does not affect any trust or condition |
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subject to which any object
is held. |
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(7) |
The power conferred by subsection
(1) is an additional power. |
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(1) |
For the purposes of this
Act “Advisory Panel” means a panel for the time being
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designated by the Secretary
of State for those purposes. |
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(2) |
The Secretary of State may
designate a panel for the purposes of this Act only |
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if the panel’s functions
consist of the consideration of claims which— |
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(a) |
are made in respect of objects,
and |
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relate to events occurring
during the Nazi era. |
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(3) |
“Nazi era” means
the period— |
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(a) |
beginning with 1 January 1933,
and |
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(b) |
ending with 31 December 1945. |
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Short
title, extent, commencement and sunset |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009. |
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(a) |
England and Wales, and |
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(3) |
The preceding sections of
this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary |
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of State may by order appoint. |
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(4) |
An order may make different
provision for different purposes. |
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(5) |
Before appointing a day
for the coming into force of the preceding sections of |
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this Act so far as they relate
to Scottish bodies the Secretary of State must |
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consult the Scottish Ministers. |
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(6) |
“Scottish body”
has the meaning given by section 2(5). |
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