SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 16 Other Consequential Amendments
The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (c. 75)
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1
Omit the following provisions from the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964—
a
in section 4 (library authorities and areas), from “— (a)” to “(b)”, in subsection (2);
b
in section 5 (joint boards), the proviso in subsection (3);
c
section 6 (special provisions as to Welsh districts);
d
in section 10 (default powers of Secretary of State), in subsection (2)—
i
paragraph (a);
ii
in paragraph (b), in sub-paragraph (i) the words “other than any council of a district in Wales” and sub-paragraph (ii);
e
in section 11 (supplemental provisions as to transfers of officers, assets and liabilities), in subsection (2) the words from “or (b)” to “library authority”;
f
section 21 (expenses of county councils in Wales).
2
In section 4 of that Act, at the end add—
3
In Wales, county councils and county borough councils shall, subject to section 5 below, be library authorities for the purposes of this Act.
3
In section 25 of that Act (interpretation), after the definition of “library officer” insert—
“local authority”, in relation to Wales, means a county council or county borough council;
4
In Schedule 2 to that Act (management of funds for purchase of exhibits), in paragraphs 2 and 5 after “county fund” insert (in each place) “
council fund
”
.