Local Government (Records) Act 1962

2 Acquisition and deposit of records.

(1) A local authority to which this subsection applies may—

(a) by agreement acquire by way of purchase records which, or (in the case of a collection) the majority of which, appear to the authority to be of local interest;

(b) accept the gift of records which, or (in the case of a collection) the majority of which, appear to the authority to be of general or local interest.

(2) A local authority to which this subsection applies may accept the deposit of records—

(a) which appear to the authority to be of general or local interest; or

(b) which are the subject of an arrangement made under subsection (4) below.

(3) A local authority may accept the deposit of records authorised to be deposited with it by any enactment other than this section.

(4) A local authority other than a parish council or parish meeting may arrange to deposit any records under its control with an authority to which subsections (1) and (2) above apply or, if the Minister of Housing and Local Government consents, with any other person.

(5) Where by virtue of this section records are under the control of a local authority in relation to which a provision of the following sections applies, namely, section two hundred and seventy-nine of the Local Government Act, 1933, and section one hundred and sixty-nine of the London Government Act, 1939 (which sections regulate the custody of certain records) that provision shall apply as respects those records notwithstanding that apart from this subsection it would not so apply.

(6) Subsections (1) and (2) above apply to the council of every county or county borough and to the council of any county district or metropolitan borough specified in an order made in that behalf by the Minister of Housing and Local Government.