British Museum Act 1963

9Transfers to other institutions

(1)Any movable property vested in the Trustees of either Museum may be transferred by them to the Trustees of the other Museum, and any pictures vested in the Trustees of either Museum may be transferred by them to an institution listed in the First Schedule to the National Gallery and Tate Gallery Act 1954 (including any institution added to that Schedule under section 3 of that Act).

(2)Where property transferred under this section became vested in the transferors by virtue of a gift or bequest it shall be dealt with by the transferees as if acquired by them under a like gift or bequest.