Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964

21 Expenses of county councils

(1) Expenses of a county council under this Act in respect of the public library service shall not be charged on any non-county borough or urban district outside the library area of the county council; and expenses of a county council relating to the provision or maintenance of a museum or art gallery under this Act or in respect of contributions by the council under section 14 above shall be charged on the administrative area of any local authority maintaining a museum or art gallery under section 12 above only with the consent of that local authority.

(2) A condition imposed in relation to a local authority under the proviso to section 12(1) above may require the authority to give consent under the preceding subsection.

(3) Where a county council 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) references therein to a local authority maintaining a museum or art gallery under section 12 above shall not include the county council.