National Galleries of Scotland Act 1906
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1906 c. 50 |
National Galleries of Scotland Act, 1906
(6 Edw. 7.) CHAPTER 50.
An Act to establish a Board of Trustees to manage the National Galleries of Scotland; and for other purposes.
[21st December 1906]
B E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short title and extent.
1. This Act may be cited as theNational Galleries of Scotland Act, 1906, and shall apply to Scotland only.
2 Definitions.
2. In this Act (unless the context otherwise requires)—
‘The Board’ shall mean the Board of Trustees established by this Act:
‘Prescribed’ shall mean prescribed by Order under the hand of the Secretary for Scotland; provided that every such Order shall be laid as soon as may be upon the table of both Houses of Parliament:
‘The National Galleries of Scotland’ shall, until otherwise prescribed, mean the several buildings situated in Edinburgh, and known as the Royal Institution, the National Gallery, and the National Portrait Gallery, and shall include any other buildings which may be prescribed:
‘Buildings’ shall include any land held with or for the purposes of a building.
3 Establishment of National Galleries Trustees for Scotland.
3. A Board shall be established for the purpose of managing the National Galleries of Scotland and for such other purposes connected with the promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland as may be prescribed. The Board shall be called the Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland, and from and after the establishment of such Board, the Board of Trustees for Manufactures in Scotland (in this Act referred to as the Board of Manufactures), established by the Linen and Hempen Manufactures (Scotland) Act, 1726, the Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1726, and letters patent issued in pursuance of the last-mentioned Act, and by any amending Acts, shall cease to exist, and a reference to the Board of Manufactures in any Act shall be construed as a reference to the Board, and subject to the provisions of this Act all the powers, duties, and liabilities vested in or imposed on the Board of Manufactures by any letters patent, Treasury minute, deed, or other instrument shall, until otherwise prescribed, be vested in, transferred to, and imposed on the Board, and, subject as aforesaid, the powers and duties of the Board shall be such, and shall be exercised and discharged by the Board in such manner, as may be prescribed.
4 Constitution of Board.
(1) The Board shall be appointed by the Secretary for Scotland, and shall consist of seven members, three of whom when so appointed shall be members of elected local authorities in Scotland. The said seven members shall hold office for live years from the establishment of the Board, and may be reappointed. At the expiration of every period of five years the Board shall be re-constituted as aforesaid. Four members shall be a quorum.
(2) The Board shall be established from and after the prescribed date not being a later date than the first clay of April nineteen hundred and seven.
(3) Any vacancy caused by the death or resignation of any member shall, as soon as practicable, be filled by the Secretary for Scotland, but the person appointed to fill any such vacancy shall hold office so long only as the vacating member would have retained the same if such vacancy had not occurred.
(4) The Secretary for Scotland shall appoint one of the members of the Board chairman for such period, not being less than a year, as he may think fit, and the chairman shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.
(5) Subject as herein-after provided, the officers of the Board shall be appointed by the Secretary for Scotland or otherwise as may be prescribed.
(6) The Board shall comply with any instructions which may be issued by the Secretary for Scotland and shall make an annual report to him, which report shall be presented to Parliament.
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