The Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan (Publication and Provision of Information) Regulations 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out the information which must be published by a museum or gallery (“the borrowing institution”) which borrows an object from abroad for a temporary public exhibition if that object is to be protected from seizure or forfeiture under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15). If the borrowing institution is in Wales the information must be published in Welsh and English. The Regulations also set out the information the borrowing institution must provide to the public and to specific individuals in relation to protected objects.

Regulation 3 sets out the information about the object that the institution must publish before an object enters the United Kingdom.

Regulation 4 requires the information to be published at least four weeks before the objects enter the United Kingdom (“the initial period”) by making it available free of charge on the borrowing institution’s website.

Regulation 5 requires the borrowing institution to make the information available to the public for an additional period of at least twelve weeks or until the exhibition closes. The period begins on the day after the conclusion of the initial period as defined in regulation 4, and ends twelve consecutive weeks thereafter or on the last day the exhibition is open to the public whichever is the later.

Regulation 6 requires the borrowing institution to correct any material error or omission in the published information as soon as reasonably practicable after it determines that such an error or omission exists.

Regulation 7 requires the borrowing institution to supply information in response to a request by a person who has a potential claim to an object in the exhibition unless the request is unreasonable as defined in the regulation. An institution in Wales must provide certain parts of the information in question in Welsh, if so requested by the claimant.