National Heritage Act 1980
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1980 c. 17 |
(1) There shall be a fund known as the National Heritage Memorial Fund, to be a memorial to those who have died for the United Kingdom, established in succession to the National Land Fund, which shall be applicable for the purposes specified in this Part of this Act.(2) The Fund shall be vested in and administered by a body corporate known as the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and consisting of a chairman and not more than F1fourteen other members appointed by the Prime Minister.(3) The persons appointed under this section shall include persons who have knowledge, experience or interests relevant to the purposes for which the Fund may be applied and who are connected by residence or otherwise with England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.the chairman of the Trustees, andany person under this section on the ground that he is connected by residence or otherwise with Scotland.(4) References in this Part of this Act to the Trustees are to the body constituted by subsection (2) above; and Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Trustees and the discharge of their functions.(1) F3The Secretary of State. . . shall pay into the Fund in the first month of each financial year a sum determined by F3him before the beginning of the year; and F3the Secretary of State may at any time pay into the Fund such further sum or sums as F3he may from time to time determine.(1A) The Trustees shall pay into the Fund any sums paid to them under section 24 of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993.(2) There shall also be paid into the Fund any other sums received by the Trustees in consequence of the discharge of their functions.(1) The powers of the Trustees to give financial assistance under this section are exercisable in the case of things of any kind which are of scenic, historic, archaeological, aesthetic, architectural, engineering, artistic or scientific interest, including animals and plants which are of zoological or botanical interest.securing the preservation or enhancement of such things,encouraging the study and understanding of them and the compilation and dissemination of information about them,securing or improving access to them, or their display,encouraging enjoyment of them, orencouraging the maintenance and development of the skills required for their preservation or enhancement,acquire property of any kind (including land) ,construct or convert buildings,carry out other works, orprovide education or training.shall obtain any expert advice about the project they consider appropriate, andmust be satisfied that the project is of importance to the national heritage.(5) Financial assistance under this section shall be given by way of grant or loan out of the Fund, and in giving such assistance the Trustees may impose any conditions they think fit.maintenance, repair, insurance and safe-keeping,means of access or display,disposal or lending, orrepayment of grant or loan.(7) In giving any financial assistance under this section for any project for the preservation or enhancement of anything, or determining the conditions on which such assistance is to be given, the Trustees shall bear in mind the desirability of public access to, or the public display of, the thing in question and of its enjoyment by the public.(8) The Secretary of State may, with the consent of the Treasury, apply sums received by him under this section as money provided by Parliament instead of paying them into the Consolidated Fundto relate to an important aspect of the history, natural history or landscape of the United Kingdom, andto be of public benefit.set up and maintain a public exhibition,compile and maintain an archive,publish archive material, orcompile and publish a comprehensive work of reference (or publish a comprehensive work of reference that has previously been compiled) ,(3) In subsection (2) above, “archive” includes any collection of sound recordings, images or other information, however stored.(4) Before giving any financial assistance under this section for any project, the Trustees shall obtain any expert advice about the project they consider appropriate.(5) Subsections (5) , (6) and (8) of section 3 above apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that.(6) In giving any financial assistance under this section for any project to compile or maintain an archive, or determining the conditions on which such assistance is to be given, the Trustees shall bear in mind the desirability of public access to the archive
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