(1)In any case where—
(a)a work of art is given for the benefit of the public or the nation, and
(b)the donor has made no provision as to the person responsible for its care,
it shall, subject to subsection (2) below, vest in such of the bodies for the time being specified in Schedule 5 to this Act as the Lord President of the Council may direct.
(2)If the body in whom a gift by will would, apart from this subsection, vest under this section determine that the work of art is not fit to be part of their collection, it shall unless otherwise disposed of by the testator become part of his residuary estate.
Commencement Information
I1S. 7 wholly in force at 1.9.1992 see s. 11(4) and S.I. 1992/1874, art. 2