6 Transfer of objects or related documents between institutions.U.K.
(1)Any body for the time being specified in Part I of Schedule 5 to this Act may, by way of sale, gift or exchange, transfer an object the property in which is vested in them and which is comprised in their collection, if the transfer is to any other body for the time being specified in either Part of that Schedule.
(2)This section applies in relation to a document as it applies in relation to an object other than a document.
(3)Where the property in an object has become vested in a body subject to a trust or condition, the power conferred by subsection (1) above shall be exercisable in a manner inconsistent with the trust or condition if the person who first imposed the trust or condition has, or his personal representatives or (in Scotland) his executors have, consented to the exercise of the power in that manner.
(4)Where a body in whom an object has become vested subject to a trust or condition transfers the object under this section to another body, the object shall be held by that other body subject to the same trust or condition.
(5)The powers conferred on a body by subsection (1) above are in addition to any other powers of transfer which the body may have.
(6)The F1. . . Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 5 to this Act by adding any body in the United Kingdom to those for the time being specified in that Schedule.
(7)The power to make an order under subsection (6) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
[F2(8)The power of the Secretary of State to make an order under subsection (6) may, for the purpose of this section’s application to transfers of objects by bodies in Scotland, be exercised separately.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 6(6) repealed (3.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1311, art. 12(2), Sch. 2 para. 8(2)
F2S. 6(8) added (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. para. 14; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 6(6): transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3
Commencement Information
I1S. 6 wholly in force at 1.9.1992 see s. 11(4) and S.I. 1992/1874, art. 2