Museum Of London Act 1986
The persons who immediately before 1st April 1986 are members of the Board of Governors of the Museum of London by virtue of appointments made by the Greater London Council under paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 1 of the Museum of London Act 1965 shall cease to be members on that date; and as from that date the number of members to be appointed by the Prime Minister under paragraph (a) of that subsection and by the Corporation of the City of London under paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be increased in each case from six to nine.
Of the three additional members first appointed by the Prime Minister (“Ministerial appointees”) and of the three additional members first appointed by the Corporation of the City of London (“City appointees”) one Ministerial and one City appointee shall be appointed to hold office for the period beginning with 1st April 1986 and ending on the first occasion on which other members of the Board are due to retire after that date, one Ministerial and one City appointee shall be appointed to hold office for the period beginning with 1st April 1986 and ending on the second such occasion and one Ministerial and one City appointee shall be appointed to hold office for the period beginning with 1st April 1986 and ending on the third such occasion.
Section 43(1) and (2) of the Local Government Act 1985 (which makes provision concerning the membership of the Board of Governors of the Museum and is superseded by this section) shall not have effect.
For section 3 of the Museum of London Act 1965 (general powers of the Board of Governors of the Museum) there shall be substituted—
For section 8 of that Act there shall be substituted—.
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 ”.
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for the words " the Secretary of State out of moneys provided by Parliament, and the Greater London Council shall each pay to the Corporation a sum equal to one-third" there shall be substituted the words " the Secretary of State shall pay to the Corporation out of moneys provided by Parliament a sum equal to one-half " ; and
for the words " the Corporation, the Secretary of State and the Greater London Council" there shall be substituted the words " the Corporation and the Secretary of State ".
Section 43(4) of the Local Government Act 1985 (which makes provision concerning the funding of expenses in respect of the Museum and is superseded by this section) shall not have effect.
The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England may make grants to the Board of Governors of the Museum of London for the purpose of assisting the Board in providing archaeological services and undertaking archaeological investigations and research in connection with land in London and publishing information concerning such investigations and research or in promoting the provision of such services or the undertaking of such investigations and research or the publishing of such information by another body or person
A grant under this section may be made subject to such conditions as the Commission think fit to impose.
In this section “London” includes all Greater London and the surrounding region.
In section 14(1) of the Museum of London Act 1965 (general obligation on Board to apply moneys received by them otherwise than as mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) to defray general administrative expenses) after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the wordsor .
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There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.
This Act may be cited as the Museum of London Act 1986.
This Act shall come into force on 1st April 1986.
The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act (which include spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
Section 7(3). Chapter Short title Extent of repeal 1965 c. 17. The Museum of London Act 1965. Section 1(2)(c) and the word “and” immediately preceding it. Section 13. In section 14(1)(a), the words “section 13 or”. 1973 c. 2. The National Theatre and Museum of London Act 1973. The whole Act. 1985 c. 51. The Local Government Act 1985. In section 43, subsections (1), (2) and (4). In Schedule 17, in column 3, the entry relating to section 1(2)(c) of the Museum of London Act 1965.