National Gallery of Ireland Act, 1928

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Loans abroad of pictures from the National Gallery.

4.—(1) Where a public exhibition of pictures or works of art is intended to be held outside Saorstát Eireann under the management and control of the Government of the country in which such exhibition is held or of a public or local authority in such country or of the governing body of a university, college, or other educational institution in such country or of an institution or association founded and maintained for the promotion of art, science, or literature in such country, the Governors and Guardians may at their discretion lend to such Government, authority, body, institution or association for inclusion in such exhibition such and so many of the pictures belonging to them in the National Gallery as they think fit so to lend.

(2) The Governors and Guardians shall not lend under this section any pictures for inclusion in an exhibition unless they are satisfied that under the law of the country in which such exhibition is held loans of pictures selected from the national or other public collections of pictures in such country may be made to the Government of and public authorities and institutions in Saorstát Eireann.