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An Act to authorise the Treasury to contribute towards the cost of a national theatre, and for purposes connected therewith.
[9th March 1949]
Whereas arrangements have been made between the Trustees of the Shakespeare Memorial Trust (in this Act referred to as “the Trustees”) and the London County Council for reserving to the Trustees as a site for the erection of a national theatre by way of memorial to William Shakespeare, certain land in the borough of Lambeth belonging to the Council and for the transfer to the Council of certain land in the Royal Borough of Kensington previously acquired by the Trustees for the purpose aforesaid:
And whereas it is expedient to make provision for authorising the payment out of public funds of contributions towards the erection and equipment of such a theatre by the Trustees:
C1Functions of the Treasury under this Act exercisable as at 1.2.1991 and until 2.7.1992 by the Lord President of the Council, and from 3.7.1992 those functions under ss. 1, 2(1) are exercisable by the Secretary of State: S.I. 1965/603, art. 2(1), Sch.; 1979/907, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1981/207, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1983/879, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1984/1814, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1986/600, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I and 1992/1311, arts. 3(1), 12(4), Sch. 1 Pt.I
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent
Upon the submission to the Treasury of a scheme satisfactory to them for the erection by the Trustees of such a theatre as aforesaid on the site reserved to them for the purpose in accordance with the said arrangements, and for the equipment and management thereof, the Treasury may undertake to make, and may make out of moneys provided by Parliament, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as they think fit, such contributions to the funds of the Trustees as they think fit . . . F1 in respect of the cost of erecting and equipping the theatre in accordance with the scheme.
F1Words repealed by National Theatre Act 1974 (c. 55), s. 1
C1S. 1 amended by National Theatre Act 1974 (c. 55), s. 1
C2S. 1: Functions of the Treasury under s. 1 exercisable as at 1.2.1991 and until 2.7.1992 by the Lord President of the Council, and from 3.7.1992 those functions are exercisable by the Secretary of State: S.I. 1965/603, art. 2(1), Sch.; 1979/907, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1981/207, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1983/879, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1984/1814, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1986/600, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I and 1992/1311, arts. 3(1), 12(4), Sch. 1 Pt. I
(1)After the commencement of this Act no person shall be appointed as a new or additional trustee of the Shakespeare Memorial Trust unless his appointment is approved by the Treasury.
(2)Notwithstanding anything in subsection (6) of section thirty-six of the M1Trustee Act 1925, the number of trustees of the said Trust may be increased by virtue of appointments made under that subsection up to seven and appointments may be made thereunder notwithstanding that the number of trustees of the Trust for the time being exceeds three.
C1S. 2(1): Functions of the Treasury under s. 2(1) exercisable as at 1.2.1991 and until 2.7.1992 by the Lord President of the Council, and from 3.7.1992 those functions are exercisable by the Secretary of State: S.I. 1965/603, art. 2(1), Sch.; 1979/907, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1981/207, art. 2, Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1983/879, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1984/1814, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I; 1986/600, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I and 1992/1311, arts. 3(1), 12(4), Sch. 1 Pt. I
M11925 c. 19.
This Act may be cited as the National Theatre Act 1949.
National Theatre Act 1949