Burrell Collection (Lending and Borrowing) (Scotland) Act 2014

3 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “the Accreditation Scheme” means the museums and galleries scheme administered by the Arts Council of England, a charity registered with the Charity Commission (1036733) and incorporated under Royal Charter;

• “the Agreement” means the Agreement between Sir William and Lady Burrell and the Corporation of Glasgow (the statutory predecessor to Glasgow City Council) dated 30th March 1944 and 6th April 1944 as varied by exchange of correspondence between The Town Clerk, City Chambers, Glasgow and Messrs. Bannatyne, Kirkwood, France & Co, solicitors dated 5th and 6th January 1945, Supplementary Agreement between Sir William and Lady Burrell and the Glasgow Corporation dated 22nd and 30th November 1951 and exchange of correspondence between The Town Clerk, City Chambers, Glasgow and Messrs. Bannatyne, Kirkwood, France & Co, solicitors dated 16th April and 22nd August 1956;

• “a Borrower” means a gallery or museum in any part of the world which is open to the public and is a museum or gallery participating in the Accreditation Scheme or a museum or gallery operating to standards equivalent to the Accreditation Scheme;

• “the Burrell Collection” means the items gifted to the Corporation of Glasgow in terms of the Agreement and supplemented by items which have been purchased with funds made available by the Burrell Trustees;

• “the Burrell Trustees” means the charity trustees acting under Will and constituting the Sir William Burrell Trust, a registered Scottish charity (SC010109);

• “Glasgow City Council” means the local authority for the local government area of the City of Glasgow in terms of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

• “publish” and “publication” mean posting on the website of Glasgow City Council and affixing to a wall near the public entrance to the building housing the majority of items of the Burrell Collection on display; or, in the event of posting on the website not being possible, affixing to a wall near the public entrance to the building housing the majority of items of the Burrell Collection on display;

• “the Will” means the Trust Disposition and Settlement by Sir William Burrell dated 23rd February 1953 and relative Codicils all registered in the Books of Council and Session on 11th April 1958.