British Museum Act 1963 (c. 24)

SCHEDULES

Section 8.

SECOND SCHEDULE U.K. Transitional Provisions as to Separation of Natural History Museum

1 (1) The following property shall vest at the commencement of this Act in the Natural History Trustees, that is to say— U.K.

(a) the objects vested immediately before that commencement in the Trustees of the British Museum and comprised in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History); and

(b) the lands and buildings at Tring referred to in the M1 British Museum Act 1938.

(2) Such of the said objects as became vested in the Trustees of the British Museum by virtue of a gift or bequest shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as vested in the Natural History Trustees by virtue of a like gift or bequest.

Marginal Citations

M1 1938 c. 62.

2 F1 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 2 repealed (1.9.1992) by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(3), Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/1874, art.2.

3 F2 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 2 para. 3 repealed (1.9.1992) by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(3), Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/1874, art.2.

4 U.K. Subject to the provisions of this Act, all matters and things having effect in relation to the British Museum (Natural History) immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue as nearly as may be to have effect in relation to [F3 the Natural History Museum] thereafter.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in para. 4 substituted (1.9.1992) by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(2), Sch. 8 para. 1(3)(b); S.I. 1992/1874, art.2.