National Gallery and Tate Gallery Act 1954

Long titleAn Act to amend the law relating to the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery and for purposes connected therewith.

Citation2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 65

Territorial extentUnited Kingdom

Royal assent25 November 1954

National Gallery and Tate Gallery Act 1954^[a]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the law relating to the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery and for purposes connected therewith.
Citation	2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 65
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	25 November 1954
Commencement	14 February 1955[b]
Repealed	1 September 1992[c]
Other legislation
Amends	National Gallery (Loan) Act 1883 National Gallery Act 1856 Imperial War Museum Act 1920 National Gallery (Overseas Loans) Act 1935 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974
Amended by	National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 Museum of London Act 1965 Transfer of Functions (Cultural Institutions) Order 1965 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 Transfer of Functions (Arts and Libraries) Order 1979 Transfer of Functions (Arts, Libraries and National Heritage) Order 1981 National Heritage Act 1983 Transfer of Functions (Arts, Libraries and National Heritage) Order 1983 Transfer of Functions (Arts, Libraries and National Heritage) Order 1984 National Heritage (Scotland) Act 1985 Transfer of Functions (Arts, Libraries and National Heritage) Order 1986 Transfer of Functions (National Heritage) Order 1992
Repealed by	Museums and Galleries Act 1992
Relates to	National Gallery Act 1856
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The National Gallery and Tate Gallery Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 65) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act came into force in 1955. It created a legal separation between the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery and established the Tate as an independent institution.

The whole act was repealed by the Museums and Galleries Act 1992, which came into force on 1 September 1992. The act created a board of trustees to operate the Tate.^[1]