Documents and Pictures (Regulation of Export) Act, 1945

Articles to which this Act applies.

2.—(1) Each of the following shall be an article to which this Act applies—

(a) any document (other than a document wholly in print) which is over one hundred years old,

(b) any painting,

(c) any document declared by an order made by the Minister under subsection (2) of this section to be an article to which this Act applies

(2) The Minister may from time to time by order declare any document, which is in his opinion of national, historical, genealogical or literary interest, to be an article to which this Act applies and may revoke any such order.

(3) The Minister may from time to time by order declare that any particular document or painting or any document or painting belonging to a particular class shall be excluded from the operation of this Act and a document or painting so declared to be excluded shall, so long as the order is in force, cease to be an article to which this Act applies, and the Minister may revoke any such order.