Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Act 1945
12Power to accept gifts, bequests or devises
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12 Power to accept gifts, bequests or devises
12 Power to accept gifts, bequests or devises
(1) The trustees shall have power to acquire by gift, bequest or devise, any property for any of the purposes of this Act, and to agree to the condition of any such gift, bequest or devise.
(2) The rule of law relating to perpetuities shall not apply to any condition of a gift, bequest or devise to which the trustees have agreed.
(3) The Duties Act 1997 does not apply to or in respect of any gift, bequest or devise made or to be made to the Museum or the trustees.
s 12: Am 1961 No 30, sec 2 (1) (f); 2005 No 64, Sch 1.21 [4].