The British Museum Act 1902 ( 2 Edw. 7. c. 12) was an

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, given the royal assent on 22 July 1902 and repealed in 1963. British Library Newspapers

In order to alleviate the storage problems at the

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in London, England, it empowered the trustees to remove "newspapers and other printed matter which are rarely required for public use" to a new storage building at Hendon, on the condition that suitable arrangements were put in place for these materials to be consulted at the main buildings on request. These are to be found in the British Library Newspapers section located in

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. The Act was repealed by the

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*''The Public General Acts Passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh''. London: printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1902. *''Chronological table of the statutes'';

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, London. 1993. United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1902 Act 1902 1963 disestablishments in the United Kingdom 1902 in London British Museum Acts {{UK-statute-stub

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