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The whole act was repealed by the Museums and Galleries Act 1992, which came into force on 1 September 1992.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.
Subsequent developments Sections 3(2), 6 and 8(2) of, and schedule 2 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
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Tate website