Catalogue description Tate Gallery: Tate Director's Statutory Duties: Papers and Correspondence

This series of records relates to the Director's statutory duties and comprises:
Export licensing policy, 1949-1969
Export licences, 1945-1970
Import licensing policy, 1932-1976
Import licences, 1945-1973
Estate Duty Office policy, 1964-1978
Estate Duty Office files, 1919-1978
Victoria &; Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1963-1983

Archive catalogue page is available via the Tatewebsite

Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

The records have either been deposited in the archives via the Director's Office or had previously been transferred to Gallery Records or its predecessors.

• Trade and commerce
• Taxation
• Museums and galleries

The Director has a number of statutory duties which are often carried out on his behalf by members of the Collections Division. These include the statutory responsibility of examining applications for exemption from duty on imported sculpture; consultation on exports of works of art which fall within the scope of the collections; and advice on claims for exemption from estate duty on works of art of national significance.