The British Museum (Authorised Repositories) Order 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 499

Museums And Galleries

The British Museum (Authorised Repositories) Order 2021

Made

20th April 2021

Laid before Parliament

4th May 2021

Coming into force

1st June 2021

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(2) of the British Museum Act 1963(1) and now vested in the Secretary of State(2), with the agreement of the Trustees of the British Museum.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the British Museum (Authorised Repositories) Order 2021 and comes into force on 1st June 2021.

Amendments to Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the British Museum Act 1963

2.  In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the British Museum Act 1963 (sites of authorised repositories – British Museum)(3)—

(a) omit paragraph 3; and

(b) at the end insert—

“9.   The site in Shinfield lying to the east of Cutbush Lane East, known as the British Museum Archaeological Research Collection, Cutbush Lane East, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AA.”.

Caroline Dinenage

Minister of State for Digital and Culture

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

20th April 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order creates a new authorised repository for the collections of the British Museum, by adding a further site to those already listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the British Museum Act 1963, namely the site known as the British Museum Archaeological Research Collection in Shinfield, Reading. It also removes from Part 1 of Schedule 3 the site of an authorised repository (namely 6 Burlington Gardens, in London) which is no longer used by the Museum.

(1)

1963 c. 24; section 10(2) was amended by S.I. 1988/1836 and S.I. 1992/1311.

(2)

S.I. 1992/1311, article 3(1) and Part 1 of Schedule 1.

(3)

Part 1 of Schedule 3 was amended by S.I.s 1966/99, 1968/1604, 1970/1956, 1971/82, 1972/653, 1973/1126, 1979/1086, 1984/1181 and 1995/1224.