2 Powers and duties of Board.U.K.

The Board shall have the general management and control of the Library, and for that purpose may—

(a)make, revoke or vary statutes for securing the due administration of the Library and preserving the books and other articles belonging thereto, including statutes regulating admission to the Library;

(b)accept and receive for the purposes of the Library or any of them gifts or bequests of money, books or articles, or any other property;

[F1(c)dispose of any book or other article belonging to the Library where—

(i)the disposal is of a duplicate book or duplicate article, and is by way of exchange, sale, or gift; or

(ii)the disposal is by way of sale, exchange or gift of a book or article which in the opinion of the Board is not required for the purposes of the Library; or

(iii)the disposal is of a book or article which the Board are satisfied has become useless for the purposes of the Library by reason of damage, physical deterioration, or infestation by destructive organisms]

(d)with the consent of the [F2Secretary of State] apply any money received by the Board on the exchange, sale, or disposal of any books or other articles and any moneys received by the Board from any other source and not subject to any specific direction or condition in the purchase of any book or other article which in the opinion of the Board it is desirable to acquire for the Library, or otherwise in defraying any of the expenses of the Board;

(e)lend to any library, gallery, or museum under the control of a public authority or university in Great Britain or to any library, gallery, museum, or [F3public exhibition], any duplicate book or other duplicate article belonging to the Library, or any book or other article, not being a duplicate, which can in the opinion of the Board be temporarily removed from the Library without injury to the interests of the students or of the public using the Library:

Provided that, before making any such loan, the Board shall be satisfied that due provision is made for the safety and insurance of the book or other article lent, and for payment of all expenses in connection with the removal and return thereof or otherwise in connection with such loan;

(f)subject as hereinafter provided, . . . F4appoint a librarian and other officers, assistants, or servants on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board think fit;

(g)subject to the provisions of this Act, do such other things as appear to the Board to be necessary or expedient for furthering the interests and increasing the utility of the Library.

Textual Amendments

F2Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1965/603, arts. 2(1), 3(1)(a), Sch.