Imperial War Museum Act 1955

2 Power of lending.

(1) The said Board shall have power with the consent of the Treasury to lend any objects belonging to the Imperial War Museum—

(a) for public exhibition in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, or

(b) to any Government Department or other authority or institution in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

(2) The Board shall give special consideration to any application for a loan—

(a) for public exhibition, or

(b) for display in any permanent headquarters or other establishment belonging to the armed forces of the Crown.

(3) A loan under this section shall be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board may think fit, and any loan made for display in a building for the furnishing of which the Minister of Works is responsible shall be effected through that Minister.

(4) In the case of an object which has been given or bequeathed to the Museum, the powers conferred by this section shall not be exercisable—

(a) until fifteen years have elapsed since the date of the gift or bequest, unless the donor or his personal representatives, or the personal representatives of the testator, as the case may be, have consented to the exercise of those powers; or

(b) in any manner inconsistent with any condition attached to the gift or bequest unless either twenty-five years have elapsed since the said date, or the donor or his personal representatives, or the personal representatives of the testator, as the case may be, have consented to the exercise of those powers in that manner.

(5) Paragraph (e) of section two of the Imperial War Museum Act, 1920 (which confers powers of lending superseded by this section), is hereby repealed.