- Latest available (Revised)
- Point in Time (01/02/1991)
- Original (As enacted)
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985, Section 21.
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
(1)The M1Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 shall be amended as provided in this section.
(2)In section 5 (acquisition by the Minister of historic buildings, their contents and adjoining land) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A)Subject as aforesaid, the Minister shall have power to acquire by agreement, whether by purchase, lease or otherwise, or to accept a gift of—
(a)any building situated in Scotland and which—
(i)is in an area designated as a conservation area under section 262 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972; and
(ii)appears to him to be of special historic or architectural interest;
(b)any land situated in Scotland and which comprises or is contiguous or adjacent to any building mentioned in paragraph (a) above;
(c)any garden or other land which is situated in Scotland and which appears to him to be of outstanding historic interest but which is not contiguous or adjacent to a building which appears to him to be of outstanding historic or architectural interest.”.
(3)In section 6 (which provides for, amongst other things, grants to the National Trust for Scotland for acquisition of historic buildings)—
(a)in subsection (2), at the end there shall be added the words “ or of any land or garden contiguous or adjacent thereto or such as is referred to in section 5(2A) of this Act. ”; and
(b)in subsection (4) (extent) for the words “or buildings” there shall be substituted the words “ buildings, land or garden ”.
(4)In section 8 (power of Minister to accept endowments of historic buildings)—
(a)in subsection (1), for the words “the following provisions” there shall be substituted the words “ subsections (2) to (7) ”; and
(b)after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A)Where any instrument coming into operation after the commencement of this subsection contains a provision purporting to be a gift of property to the Minister upon trust to use the income thereof (either for a limited time or in perpetuity) for or towards the upkeep of a garden or other land acquired or accepted by him under section 5(2A)(c) of this Act or a garden or other land which he proposes so to acquire or accept or for or towards the upkeep of any such garden or other land together with other property situated in Scotland, he may accept the gift and, if he does so and the provision does not constitute a charitable trust, subsections (2) to (6) below shall have effect.”; and
(c)in subsection (4), after the word “building”, where first and secondly occurring, there shall be inserted the words “ , land or garden ”.
Marginal Citations
M11953 c.
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Point in Time: This becomes available after navigating to view revised legislation as it stood at a certain point in time via Advanced Features > Show Timeline of Changes or via a point in time advanced search.
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including: