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1(1)The following property shall vest at the commencement of this Act in the Natural History Trustees, that is to say—U.K.

(a)the objects vested immediately before that commencement in the Trustees of the British Museum and comprised in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History); and

(b)the lands and buildings at Tring referred to in the M1British Museum Act 1938.

(2)Such of the said objects as became vested in the Trustees of the British Museum by virtue of a gift or bequest shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as vested in the Natural History Trustees by virtue of a like gift or bequest.

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