Section 30Sec./Art. 30

Transfer of Regulatory Functions. -All regulatory functions of the National Museum, as provided for by Republic Act No. 4846, Presidential Decree No. 260, Presidential Decree No. 374, Presidential Decree No. 1109, Republic Act No. 8492, Republic Act No. 9105, Republic Act No. 10066, and all other laws and issuances amending or citing as legal basis the same, shall be transferred to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Such transfer of functions shall be effected within two (2) years after the effectivity of this Act. Necessary plantilla positions and organizational units within the National Commission for Culture and the Arts to appropriately carry out the transferred functions, including an additional position of Deputy Executive Director for managing the same, shall be established in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management.

This section notwithstanding, the National Museum is enjoined to provide all technical and expert assistance within its mandated competencies as the National Commission for Culture and the Arts may require in the execution of the said regulatory functions.

It shall be a matter of policy that the National Museum not be mandated to engage in any regulatory function, except that which is prescribed in Section 24 of this Act pertaining to National Government collections, but shall rather focus exclusively on developing itself as the premier museum institution and repository of the National Government in the areas provided herein and by other laws.