Key legislation (culture)
Key primary legislation
- Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964
- Public Lending Right Act 1979
- National Heritage Act 1980
- Broadcasting Act 1990
- Museums and Galleries Act 1992
- Charities Act 1993
- Treasure Act 1996
- Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003
- Communications Act 2003
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcements Act 2007
- Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008
- Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009
- Digital Economy Act 2010
- Charities Act 2011
Key European Union legislation
- Council Regulation (EC) 116/2009 of 18 December 2008 on the export of cultural goods
- European Cultural Convention – 19 December 1954
- European Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage – 3 October 1985 and revised 16 January 1992
- European Landscape Convention – 20 October 2000
- European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage – 8 November 2008
- 1972 World Heritage Convention