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National Heritage Act 1980

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3A Financial assistance towards exhibitions, archives, etc.

(1) The Trustees may give financial assistance for any project within subsection (2) below which appears to them— (a) to relate to an important aspect of the history, natural history or landscape of the United Kingdom, and (b) to be of public benefit. (2) The projects within this subsection are projects for any person to whom the assistance is to be given to— (a) set up and maintain a public exhibition, (b) compile and maintain an archive, (c) publish archive material, or (d) compile and publish a comprehensive work of reference (or publish a comprehensive work of reference that has previously been compiled), or to do any ancillary thing. (3) In subsection (2) above, “archive” includes any collection of sound recordings, images or other information, however stored. (4) Before giving any financial assistance under this section for any project, the Trustees shall obtain any expert advice about the project they consider appropriate. (5) Subsections (5), (6) and (8) of section 3 above apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that. (6) In giving any financial assistance under this section for any project to compile or maintain an archive, or determining the conditions on which such assistance is to be given, the Trustees shall bear in mind the desirability of public access to the archive

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3A Financial assistance towards exhibitions, archives, etc.

(1) The Trustees may give financial assistance for any project within subsection (2) below which appears to them— (a) to relate to an important aspect of the history, natural history or landscape of the United Kingdom, and (b) to be of public benefit. (2) The projects within this subsection are projects for any person to whom the assistance is to be given to— (a) set up and maintain a public exhibition, (b) compile and maintain an archive, (c) publish archive material, or (d) compile and publish a comprehensive work of reference (or publish a comprehensive work of reference that has previously been compiled), or to do any ancillary thing. (3) In subsection (2) above, “archive” includes any collection of sound recordings, images or other information, however stored. (4) Before giving any financial assistance under this section for any project, the Trustees shall obtain any expert advice about the project they consider appropriate. (5) Subsections (5), (6) and (8) of section 3 above apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that. (6) In giving any financial assistance under this section for any project to compile or maintain an archive, or determining the conditions on which such assistance is to be given, the Trustees shall bear in mind the desirability of public access to the archive

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