s 13 Initial vesting of objects in Board
13.—(1) Where the property in an object was vested in the Government immediately before 1 August 1993, and the object —(a) then formed part of the collections of the National Museum; or (b) was then in use in respect of the collections or solely for the purposes of the administration of the National Museum, then the property is on that date to be vested instead in the Board. (2) In the case of an object mentioned in subsection (1)(a), it is immaterial that, immediately before 1 August 1993, it was situated elsewhere than at premises managed for the purposes of the National Museum. (3) On 1 August 1993, any right, power, duty or liability which was immediately before that date exercisable by or incumbent on the Government in relation to any object mentioned in subsection (1) is instead to be exercisable by or incumbent on the Board. (4) Subsections (1) and (3) do not apply as regards such object excepted from those provisions as the Minister may specify.