Article 2 Amendment of section 21 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964

After subsection (3) of section 21 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964^f1 there shall be added the following subsections–

“(4)

Subsection (1) shall not apply to any expenses of a county council in Wales which are incurred or defrayed after 31st March 1990.

(5)

Expenses of a county council in Wales incurred or defrayed on or after 1st April 1990 in exercising its functions as library authority in its library area shall not be charged on any district in Wales outside the library area of the county council.”