The Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (Commencement) Order 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 1874 (C.62)

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

The Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (Commencement) Order 1992

Made

28th July 1992

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(4) of the Museums and Galleries Act 1992(1) ( “the Act ”) and now vested in him(2) hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (Commencement) Order 1992.

2.  The provisions of the Act, except for section 9, paragraphs 1(7) and 10(2) of Schedule 8 and the entry in Schedule 9 which repeals paragraphs (da), (db), (dc) and (dd) of Schedule 2 to the Charities Act 1960(3), shall come into force on 1st September 1992.

3.  The provisions of section 9 of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

David Mellor

Secretary of State for National Heritage

28th July 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st September 1992 all the provisions of the Museums and Galleries Act 1992 except for section 9 (which relates to finance and accounts), paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 8 (which relates to the repealed Capital Gains Tax Act 1979(4)), paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 8 and the entry in Schedule 9 which repeals paragraphs (da), (db), (dc) and (dd) of Schedule 2 to the Charities Act 1960 (which relate to a repealed provision of the Charities Act 1992(5)).

The Order brings section 9 of the Act into force on 1st April 1993.

(1)

1992 c. 44.

(2)

The functions of the Lord President of the Council under the Museums and Galleries Act 1992 were transferred to the Secretary of State by Article 3 of, and Part I of Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (National Heritage) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1311).

(3)

1960 c. 58.

(4)

1979 c. 14; the 1979 Act was repealed by section 290 of, and Schedule 12 to, the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12).

(5)

1992 c. 41; the provision in paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 to the Charities Act 1992 (which provision is not yet in force) is repealed by section 11(3) of, and Schedule 9 to, the Museums and Galleries Act 1992.