Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 provides immunity from seizure for cultural objects which are loaned from overseas to temporary public exhibitions in approved museums or galleries in the UK where conditions are met when the object enters the UK. The Ashmolean Museum is an approved museum.
The conditions for the provision of immunity from seizure are:
- The object is usually kept outside the UK
- It is not owned by a person resident in the UK
- Its import does not contravene any import regulations
- It is brought to the UK for public display in a temporary exhibition at a museum or gallery
- The borrowing museum or gallery is approved under the Act
- The borrowing museum has published information about the object
Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design exhibition at the Museum 2023
Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings exhibition at the Museum 2024
