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(1)A local authority may provide and maintain museums and art galleries within its administrative area or elsewhere in England or Wales, and may do all such things as may be necessary or expedient for or in connection with the provision or maintenance thereof:
. . . F1
(2)A local authority maintaining a museum or art gallery under this section may . . . F2 enter into an agreement with any other local authority empowered to maintain it for the transfer of the museum or gallery and its collections to that authority.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 12(1) proviso repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F2Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
(1)A local authority may make a charge for admission to a museum or art gallery maintained by it under section 12 of this Act.
(2)In determining whether, and in what manner, to exercise its powers under this section in relation to a museum or gallery, a local authority shall take into account the need to secure that the museum or gallery plays its full part in the promotion of education in the area, and shall have particular regard to the interests of children and students.
A local authority . . . . . . F3 may make contributions towards expense incurred by any person—
(a)in providing or maintaining a museum or art gallery in any place within England or Wales, or
(b)in providing advisory or other services or financial assistance for the benefit of a museum or art gallery in any such place.
Textual Amendments
F3Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 14 amended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 208(2)
(1)A local authority maintaining [F4or proposing to provide] a museum or art gallery under section 12 of this Act may establish a fund to be used for the purchase of objects for exhibition in any museum or art gallery [F5which the authority maintains or proposes to provide under that section.]
(2)Where at the time a fund is established by it under this section a local authority maintains under a local Act a fund which it is authorised to use for the purchase of such objects as aforesaid, [F6it may amalgamate the funds, but without prejudice to the effect of any condition attached to any particular gift received by the authority.]
(3)The provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act shall apply with respect to the management of a fund established by a local authority under this section.
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
Textual Amendments
F4Words inserted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 208(3)(g)
F5Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 208(3)(g)
F6Words substituted by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 208(1)
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