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The Imperial War Museum (Board of Trustees) Order 1986

S.I. 1986/2239 · Made 16 December 1986

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MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

Laid before Parliament in draft

Made 16th December 1986

Coming into operation 16th December 1986

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of December 1986

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has in accordance with section 6(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 been laid before each House of Parliament for forty days and neither House has resolved that the draft be not submitted to Her Majesty:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1(2) of the Imperial War Museum Act 1955, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Imperial War Museum (Board of Trustees) Order 1986 and shall come into operation forthwith.

2

For paragraph (1) of the Schedule to the Imperial War Museum Act 1920f1 (which relates to the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Imperial War Museum) there shall be substituted the paragraph set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

G.I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

“(1)

The Board shall consist of a President and nineteen other members who shall be appointed as shown in the following Table:—

Number of members appointedAppointing authority
9The Treasury
1The Secretary of State for Defence
2The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1The Lord President of the Council
1The Secretary of State
1The Government of Canada
1The Government of Australia
1The Government of New Zealand
1The Government of India
1The Government of Sri Lanka

”

Explanatory note

This Order varies paragraph (1) of the Schedule to the Imperial War Museum Act 1920 in five ways. First, it reduces the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Imperial War Museum (“the Board”) to 20. Second, the Director of the British Museum is no longer to be a member ex officio of the Board. Third, the Secretary of State for Defence is to be the appointing authority for one member of the Board; previously he appointed three members. Fourth, the reference to the Government of Ceylon is now to the Government of Sri Lanka and, fifth, the reference to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is omitted in view of the dissolution of the Federation.