Libraries and Mechanics' Institutes Act 1908

1 Short Title, etc

• (1) The Short Title of this Act is the Libraries and Mechanics' Institutes Act 1908.

  (2) This Act is a consolidation of the enactments mentioned in Schedule 1 hereto, and with respect to those enactments the following provisions shall apply:

  • (a) All libraries, corporations, institutes, appointments, polls, bylaws, instruments, and generally all acts of authority which originated under any of the said enactments, and are subsisting or in force on the coming into operation of this Act, shall enure for the purposes of this Act as fully and effectually as if they had originated under the corresponding provisions of this Act, and accordingly shall, where necessary, be deemed to have so originated:

    Provided that every such corporation shall be deemed to be the same corporation under this Act, without change of corporate entity or otherwise:

    Provided also that in the case of trustees elected or appointed for a specified term the current term shall be computed from the date of its commencement:

  • (b) All trustees holding office under any such enactment on the coming into operation of this Act shall continue in office until their successors under this Act come into office:

  • (c) All matters and proceedings commenced under any such enactment, and pending or in progress on the coming into operation of this Act, may be continued, completed, and enforced under this Act.

  (3) This Act is divided into Parts, as follows:

  • PART 1—Public Libraries Managed by Local Authorities. (Sections 2 to 13.)

  • PART 2—Public Libraries and Mechanics' Institutes Managed by Trustees. (Sections 14 to 26.)