134 Protected objects
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (2007 c 15) | Legislation

Part 6 Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan

134  Protected objects

(1)     An object is protected under section 135 if the conditions in subsection (2) are met when it enters the United Kingdom.

(2)     The conditions are—

(a)     the object is usually kept outside the United Kingdom,

(b)     it is not owned by a person resident in the United Kingdom,

(c)     its import does not contravene a prohibition or restriction on the import of goods, imposed by or under any enactment, that applies to the object, a part of it or anything it conceals,

(d)     it is brought to the United Kingdom for public display in a temporary exhibition at a museum or gallery, and

(e)     the museum or gallery has complied with any requirements prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State under this paragraph about the publication of specified information about the object.

(3)     A person owns an object for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) whether he owns it beneficially or not and whether alone or with others.

(4)     The protection continues—

(a)     only so long as the object is in the United Kingdom for any of the purposes in subsection

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