British Museum Act 1963

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British Museum Act 1963 [a]
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to alter the composition of the Trustees of the British Museum, to provide for the separation from the British Museum of the British Museum (Natural History), to make new provision with respect to the regulation of the two Museums and their collections in place of that made by the British Museum Act 1753 and enactments amending or supplementing that Act, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation 1963 c. 24
Dates
Royal assent 10 July 1963
Commencement 30 September 1963 [b]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The British Museum Act 1963 (c. 24) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced the British Museum Act 1902 (2 Edw. 7. c. 12). It was introduced by the second ministry of the Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The act forbids the British Museum and the Natural History Museum from disposing of their holdings, except in a small number of special circumstances. In May 2005 a judge of the High Court of England and Wales ruled that Nazi-looted Old Master artworks held at the British Museum could not be returned. [1]

Contents

The act also made the Natural History Museum an independent organisation from the British Museum, with its own board of trustees.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 13(5) of the act repealed 18 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.

CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal
26 Geo. 2. c. 22 British Museum Act 1753 The British Museum Act 1753.The whole act.
27 Geo. 2. c. 16 Justices' Clerks' Fees (Middlesex) Act 1754 Section 3.
7 Geo. 3. c. 18 British Museum Act 1767 The British Museum Act 1767.The whole act.
45 Geo. 3. c. 127 British Museum Act 1805 The British Museum Act 1805.The whole act.
47 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. 36 British Museum Act 1807 The British Museum Act 1807.The whole act.
56 Geo. 3. c. 99 British Museum Act 1816 The British Museum Act 1816.The whole act.
5 Geo. 4. c. 39 British Museum Act 1824 The British Museum Act 1824.The whole act.
5 Geo. 4. c. 60 British Museum (No. 2) Act 1824 The British Museum (No. 2) Act 1824.The whole act.
2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 46 British Museum Act 1832 The British Museum Act 1832.The whole act.
2 & 3 Vict. c. 10 British Museum Act 1839 The whole act.
41 & 42 Vict. c. 55 British Museum Act 1878 The British Museum Act 1878.The whole act.
57 & 58 Vict. c. 34 British Museum (Purchase of Land) Act 1894 The British Museum (Purchase of Land) Act 1894.Section 1.
2 Edw. 7. c. 12 British Museum Act 1902 The British Museum Act 1902.The whole act.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 23 British Museum Act 1924 The British Museum Act 1924.The whole act.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 46 British Museum Act 1930 The British Museum Act 1930.The whole act.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 62. British Museum Act 1938 The British Museum Act 1938.The whole Act
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c.23 British Museum Act 1955 The British Museum Act 1955.The whole act.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 18 British Museum Act 1962 The British Museum Act 1962.The whole act.

Short title, commencement and extent

Section 13(1) of the act provided that the act may be cited as the "British Museum Act 1963".

Section 13(2) of the act provided that the act would come into force on a day appointed by the Treasury by statutory instrument.

Section 1 of the British Museum Act 1963 (Commencement) Order 1963 (SI 1963/1546) provided that the act would come into force on 30 September 1963.

British Museum Act 1963 (Commencement) Order 1963 [c]
Statutory Instrument
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Territorial extent  United Kingdom
Dates
Made4 September 1963
Other legislation
Made under British Museum Act 1963
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

See also

Notes

  1. Section 13(1).
  2. Section 13(2). The British Museum Act 1963 (Commencement) Order 1963.
  3. Section 1.

References

  1. Ruling tightens grip on Parthenon marbles, The Guardian, 27 May 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2010.

Text of the British Museum Act 1963 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk .