This Order creates a new authorised repository for the collections of the British Museum, by adding a further site to those already listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the British Museum Act 1963, namely the site known as the British Museum Archaeological Research Collection in Shinfield, Reading. It also removes from Part 1 of Schedule 3 the site of an authorised repository (namely 6 Burlington Gardens, in London) which is no longer used by the Museum.