Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964

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16 Inquiries.E+W

The Secretary of State may hold an inquiry into any matter relating to the functions of a [F1library authority] under this Act.

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17 Annual report.E+W

The Secretary of State shall annually lay before each House of Parliament a report on the exercise of his functions under this Act.

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19 Byelaws.E+W

(1)A local authority may make byelaws regulating the use of facilities provided by the authority under this Act and the conduct of persons in premises where those facilities are provided, and the Secretary of State shall be the person by whom byelaws so made are to be confirmed.

(2)Without prejudice to [F3section 237 of the M1Local Government Act 1972] (under which byelaws may include provisions for imposing fines), byelaws made under this section may include provisions for enabling officers of the local authority to exclude or remove from premises maintained by the authority under this Act any person who contravenes the byelaws.

(3)As well as complying with [F3section 236(8) of the said Act of 1972] (which requires byelaws, when confirmed, to be made available to the public), a local authority shall cause a copy of byelaws made by it and in force under this section to be displayed in any premises maintained by the authority under this Act to which the public have access.

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F3Words substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 272(2)

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20 Use of premises for educational or cultural events.E+W

A local authority maintaining premises under this Act may use the premises, or allow them to be used (whether in return for payment or not), for the holding of meetings and exhibitions, the showing of films and slides, the giving of musical performances, and the holding of other events of an educational or cultural nature, and in connection therewith may, notwithstanding anything in section 8 above, make or authorise the making of a charge for admission.

21 Expenses of county councils.E+W

(1)Expenses of a county council [F4in Wales] under this Act in respect of the public library service shall not be charged on any [F5district in Wales] outside the library area of the county council; . . . F6

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(3)Where a county council [F4in Wales] is comprised in a joint board established under section 5 of this Act—

(a)references in subsection (1) above to the library area of the council shall be construed as references to the area which would be its library area if the joint board did not exist and each authority comprised in it were a library authority; and

(b) . . . F8

[F9(4)Subsection (1) shall not apply to any expenses of a county council in Wales which are incurred or defrayed after 31st March 1990.

(5)Expenses of a county council in Wales incurred or defrayed on or after 1st April 1990 in exercising its functions as library authority in its library area shall not be charged on any district in Wales outside the library area of the county council.]

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23 Local Acts.E+W

The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding any inconsistent provision in a local Act, and any public library maintained by a library authority at the commencement of this Act under a power conferred by a local Act shall thereafter be treated as maintained under this Act and not under that power; but save as aforesaid nothing in this Act shall be taken to derogate from the provisions of any local Act.

24 Isles of Scilly.E+W

(1)The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Council of the Isles of Scilly, by order made by statutory instrument provide that [F11the provisions of this Act relating to libraries] shall apply to those Isles, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order, as if the Isles were a [F11non-metropolitan county] and the Council thereof were the county council.

(2)An order under this section may contain such transitional provisions as may appear to the Secretary of State, after such consultation as aforesaid, to be expedient; and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order thereunder.

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25 Interpretation.E+W

In this Act—

  • “library area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4(2) of this Act;

  • “library assets and liabilities” means property held by a local authority solely or mainly for the purposes of any functions exercisable by it in relation to the public library service and rights and liabilities to which the authority is entitled or subject by reason of the exercise of such functions;

  • “library authority” means a library authority under this Act or, in relation to a time before the commencement of this Act, under the Public Libraries Acts 1892 to 1919;

  • “library officer” means an officer of a local authority employed by the authority solely or mainly for the purposes of any functions exercisable by it in relation to the public library service;

  • . . . . . . F12

  • “officer” includes a servant;

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F12Definitions of “local authority” and “population” repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

26F13Short title, repeals etc., commencement and extent.E+W

(1)This Act may be cited as the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

(3)—(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

(5)Byelaws in force immediately before the commencement of this Act under section 7 of the M2Museums and Gymnasiums Act 1891 or section 3 of the M3Public Libraries Act 1901 shall not be invalidated by the repeal of those Acts but shall have effect as if they had been made, and confirmed by the Secretary of State, under section 19 of this Act.

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

(7)This Act shall come into force on 1st April 1965.

(8)This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

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F13Unreliable marginal note

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