13Dealing with relics vested in the Crown

13 Dealing with relics vested in the Crown

(1)  Where a relic becomes the property of the Crown under this Act, the Director may cause to be made such scientific or other investigations of the relic as, having regard to the recommendations made by the Council with respect to those investigations, he considers necessary or desirable.

(2)  Subject to subsection (4) , the Director may –

(a) after deciding not to cause investigations to be made of a relic pursuant to subsection (1) ; or

(b) after those investigations have been made of a relic –

deal with or dispose of the relic in such manner as the Minister approves.

(3)  The Minister shall not exercise the power of approval conferred on him by subsection (2) until he has considered the recommendations made by the Council with respect to the exercise of that power.

(4)  Where, after investigations have been made pursuant to subsection (1) of a relic that is the property of the Crown by virtue of an acquisition or acceptance, the Crown does not wish to retain the ownership of the relic, the Director shall cause the relic to be delivered to the person from whom it was acquired or accepted or to his personal representative if he has since died, and on the relic being so delivered it vests in and becomes the property of that person or his estate.