The Natural History Museum (Authorised Repositories) Order 2011

Made: 7th July 2011

Laid before Parliament: 11th July 2011

Coming into force: 1st August 2011

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(2) of the British Museum Act 1963[^f00001] and now vested in the Secretary of State[^f00002], with the agreement of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, makes the following Order.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This order may be cited as the Natural History Museum (Authorised Repositories) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 1st August 2011.

• (2) In this order “the Act” means the British Museum Act 1963.

Amendments to Schedule 3 to the Act

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• (1) For paragraph 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

• The site in Tring lying to the east of Akeman Street and to the north of Park Street occupied at the commencement of this Act for the purposes of the British Museum (Natural History), but excluding — the part of that site known as the “Boiler Room” and located on the ground floor of the Rothschild Building at that site; the part of that site known as the “Roof Plant Area” and located on the roof of the Ornithology building of that site.

• (2) For paragraph 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act[^f00003] there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

• The site in Wandsworth known as 75 Kimber Road, London SW18 4NX, but excluding— the part of that site known as the “Boiler Room” and located on the ground floor of that site; the part of that site known as the “Plant Area” and located on the ground floor of that site; the part of that site known as the “Chiller Compound Area” and located on the roof of that site; the site known as 249 to 251 Merton Road, London SW18 5EB.

Signed

Ed Vaizey — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Culture, Media and Sport — 7th July 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order alters the description of the Natural History Museum’s authorised repository in Tring (being the site lying to the east of Akeman Street and to the north of Park Street) and authorised repository in Wandsworth (being the site known as 75 Kimber Road, London SW18 4NX).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1963 c. 24; section 10(2) was amended by S.I. 1988/1836 and S.I. 1992/1311.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/1311, article 3(1) and Part 1 of Schedule 1.

[^f00003]: Paragraph 4 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 was inserted by The British Museum (Natural History) (Authorised Repositories) Order S.I. 1982/1238, article 2 and amended by The British Museum (Natural History) (Authorised Repositories) Order S.I. 1995/654, article 2 and amended by The British Museum (Natural History) (Authorised Repositories) Order S.I. 2004/1392, article 2.