Trustees’ powers
20 Trustees’ powers
The property in or right to possession of any ship, relic or other thing of historical interest vested in the Museum on behalf of the Crown shall not be disposed of except in accordance with section 21 and a contract or agreement which purports to do so is void.
Subject to subsection (1), the Trustees may —
pay to a person, who at their request delivers to them any relic or thing of historical interest, the expenses properly incurred by him in recovering and obtaining possession of it;
enter into an agreement for the recovery or partial recovery of any ship, relic, or thing of historical interest and expend such amount in that regard as is properly payable, based on a rate determined by the Trustees prior to the work of recovery being commenced;
take such steps as may be necessary or desirable to recover, preserve or display any ship, relic or thing vested in the Museum; and
promote or supervise activities aimed at the discovery, recovery, preservation, study and display of ships, relics and things to which this Act applies,
and any such payment, agreement or activity may be made subject to such prior conditions or requirements as the Trustees think fit.
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