Clause 1
Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill
9:30 am
This provides that a body listed in clause 2 may transfer objects from its collections where two conditions are satisfied. First, the transfer must be recommended by the Advisory Panel. Secondly, the Secretary of State must approve the recommendation (with the consent of the Scottish Ministers in some cases).
New clause 2—“Advisory Panel”—
‘(1) For the purposes of this Act “Advisory Panel” means a panel for the time being designated by the Secretary of State for those purposes.
(2) The Secretary of State may designate a panel for the purposes of this Act only if the panel’s functions consist of the consideration of claims which—
(a) are made in respect of objects, and
(b) relate to events occurring during the Nazi era.
(3) “Nazi era” means the period—
(a) beginning with 1 January 1933, and
(b) ending with 31 December 1945.’.