British Library Act 1972

11 (1) It shall be within the capacity of the Board as a statutory corporation to do all such things, and enter into all such transactions, as are incidental or conducive to the discharge of its functions F1 .... U.K.

(2) The Board may frame, and vary and revoke from time to time, rules relating to the exercise by them of any power or the manner of entering into any transaction; and the rules may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, provide for the imposition of charges for any services provided by the Board or for the loan or use of any item from their collections.

(3) Without prejudice to the foregoing, the powers of the Board shall include power to acquire or dispose of any property, whether or not for the purposes of their collections, but subject to the following sub-paragraphs.

(4) The power of the Board to dispose of an article transferred to them by section 3(1)(a) of this Act shall be exercisable only if—

(a) it is a duplicate of another article in the Board’s collections (whether or not so transferred), or

(b) it appears to the Board to have been printed not earlier than the year 1850, and a copy of that article made by photography or a process akin to photography is held by the Board, or

(c) in the opinion of the Board it is unfit to be retained in their collections and can be disposed of without detriment to the interests of students; [F2 or

(d) the disposal is an exercise of the power conferred by section 6 of the Museums and Galleries Act 1992.]

(5) Where any property in the hands of the Board (whether or not transferred to them under section 3(1)(a) of this Act) is subject to any trust or condition—

(a) they shall not dispose of or deal with it in any manner inconsistent with the trust or condition [F3 except as provided by section 6 of the Museums and Galleries Act 1992]; and

(b) it shall be subject to the same trust or condition in the hands of any person acquiring it from the Board.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. para. 11(1) omitted (29.6.2021) by virtue of British Library Board (Power to Borrow) Act 2021 (c. 15), ss. 1, 2(2)

F2 Sch. para. 11(4)(d) and word "or" preceding it substituted (1.9.1992) for words by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(2), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 12(1); S.I. 1992/1874, art. 2

F3 Words in Sch. para. 11(5)(a) inserted (1.9.1992) by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(2), Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 12(2); S.I. 1992/1874, art. 2

F4 Sch. para. 11(6) repealed (1.9.1992) by Museums and Galleries Act 1992 (c. 44), s. 11(3), Sch. 9; S.I. 1992/1874, art. 2