Museum of London Act 1986

2 Functions of Board of Governors.

(1) For section 3 of the [1965 c. 17.] Museum of London Act 1965 (general powers of the Board of Governors of the Museum) there shall be substituted—

“3 General functions of Board.

(1) So far as practicable and subject to the following provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Board—

(a) to care for, preserve and add to the objects in their collections ;

(b) to secure that those objects are exhibited to the public and made available to persons seeking to inspect them in connection with study or research; and

(c) generally to promote understanding and appreciation of historic and contemporary London and of its society and culture, both by means of their collections and by such other means as they consider appropriate.

(2) The Board may, subject to the provisions of this Act, do all such things as they think necessary or expedient for those purposes and their functions under this Act.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) above, for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) above the Board may—

(a) provide archaeological services and undertake archaeological investigations and research in connection with land in London, publish information concerning such investigations and research and promote the provision of such services and the undertaking of such investigations and research and the publishing of such information;

(b) subject to subsection (4) below, acquire or dispose of any land or any estate or interest inland.

(4) The Board shall not acquire or dispose of any land or any estate or interest in land without the consent of the Secretary of State and the Corporation and such consent may be given subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State and the Corporation consider appropriate.

(5) In this section ' London' includes all Greater London and the surrounding region.”

(2) For section 8 of that Act there shall be substituted—

“8 Use of premises occupied or managed by the Board,

(1) The Board may use the premises known as the Museum of London for any educational or cultural purpose whether or not connected with the Board's functions under this Act.

(2) The Board may allow any premises occupied or managed by them to be used by other persons (for payment or otherwise) for purposes not connected with the Board's functions under this Act if the Board are satisfied that to do so would not conflict with those functions.”.

(3) At the end of section 9(1) of that Act (which provides for the appointment of a Director of the Museum and for his functions) there shall be added " and for the administration of any services provided by the Board in the exercise of their functions".