Immunity from Seizure

Pallant House Gallery is able to provide immunity from seizure for protection from seizure under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This Act provides protection from seizure for cultural objects from abroad on loan to temporary exhibitions in approved museums and galleries in the UK, where conditions are met when the object enters the UK.

The conditions are:

• The object is usually kept outside the UK
• The object 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

Pallant House Gallery Due Diligence Policy

There are no exhibitions with protected objects at present.