Article 3

Subject to paragraph (3) below, the functions of the Secretary of State under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 are, so far as they are exercisable in relation to England, hereby transferred to the Chancellor.

Without prejudice to paragraph (1) above, the functions of the Secretary of State under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1964 are, so far as exercisable on the dissolution of a joint board whose area does not include any part of Wales, hereby transferred to the Chancellor.

The functions of the Secretary of State under section 9 of the Act of 1964 shall be exercisable concurrently with the Chancellor.