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Sections 1 and 8.
1U.K.Each trustee shall hold office for such period as is specified in the instrument by which he is appointed, but that period shall not exceed ten years, or five years in the case of a person whose appointment takes effect at or within twelve months after the end of any period for which he was previously appointed a trustee of the Museum under this Act.
2U.K.A trustee may resign his office by notice in writing served on the person or body who appointed him.
3U.K.The functions of the Trustees may be exercised notwithstanding vacancies in their number.
4U.K.The quorum at meetings of the Trustees shall be six.
5U.K.The Trustees may make rules for regulating their proceedings and for other matters relevant to the exercise of their functions.
Section 8.
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.
Marginal Citations
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 2 repealed (1.9.1992) by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(3), Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/1874, art.2.
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Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 2 para. 3 repealed (1.9.1992) by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(3), Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/1874, art.2.
4U.K.Subject to the provisions of this Act, all matters and things having effect in relation to the British Museum (Natural History) immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue as nearly as may be to have effect in relation to [F3the Natural History Museum] thereafter.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in para. 4 substituted (1.9.1992) by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(2), Sch. 8 para. 1(3)(b); S.I. 1992/1874, art.2.
Section 10.
1U.K.So much of the site in London bounded by Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury Street, Bedford Square, Montague Place, Russell Square and Montague Street as was occupied at the commencement of this Act for the purposes of the British Museum.
2U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 2, 7 repealed by S.I. 1973/1126
[F53U.K.No. 6 Burlington Gardens, London W.1.]
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 3-5 added by S.I. 1984/1181, art. 2, Sch. 1
4U.K.Nos. 38/56 inclusive (even numbers only) Orsman Road, London N.1.
5U.K.The former Post Office Savings Bank Building, Blythe Road, London W.14, together with the outbuildings in its grounds.
[F66U.K.No. 23 Blythe Road, London W.14.]
Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 6 added (1.6.1995) by S.I. 1995/1224, arts. 1, 2
7U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 2, 7 repealed by S.I. 1973/1126
8U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
Textual Amendments
F8Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 6, 8 fall by reason of the revocation by S.I. 1984/1181, art. 3 Sch. of S.I. 1970/1956, 1972/653 and 1979/1086 (which respectively added paras. 6 and 8 and amended para. 8)
[F91U.K.The site in London bounded by Queen’s Gate, Cromwell Road, Exhibition Road, and the premises of the Science Museum[F10, but excluding the part of that site known as the “Central Boiler House” and located on the north side of the Natural History Museum“].]
Textual Amendments
F9Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 1 substituted by S.I. 1985/462, art. 2
F10Words in Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 1 inserted (10.7.2006) by Natural History Museum (Authorised Repositories) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1547), arts. 1, 2
2U.K.The site in Tring lying to the east of Akeman Street and to the north of Park Street occupied at the commencement of this Act for the purposes of the British Museum (Natural History).
F11 [ 3 U.K.The site in Tring lying to the West of Akeman Street known as 67–69 Akeman Street.]
Textual Amendments
F11Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 3, 4 added by S.I. 1982/1238, art. 2
[F124U.K.The site in Wandsworth known as 75 Kimber Road, London SW18 4NX excluding the site known as 249 to 251 Merton Road, London SW18 5EB.]
Textual Amendments
F12Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 4 substituted (11.6.2004) by Natural History Museum (Authorised Repositories) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1392), arts. 1, 2
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Textual Amendments
F13Sch. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
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