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HISTORIC MONUMENTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 20

Public access to historic monuments.

20.(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the public shall have access to any
historic monument which is owned by or vested in the Ministry ..., or of which
the Ministry ... is guardian, at such times and under such conditions
(including conditions providing for the payment of fees for admission to the
monument) as may be provided by the Ministry ... by notice clearly displayed
in the vicinity of the monument.

(2) Any person contravening the provisions of any notice displayed under
subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding #50.

(3) This section shall not apply to any monument of which the Ministry ... was
appointed or constituted guardian before the 1st June 1926, except in cases
where

(a)the owner has consented to the public having access to the monument by the
deed appointing or constituting the Ministry ... the guardian; or

(b)a public right of access has arisen through the acquiescence of the owner
or otherwise.

(4) Where the deed appointing the Ministry ... guardian of a monument has been
executed after the 31st May 1926, the public shall not, if the deed so
provides, have access to the monument without the consent of the owner or
occupier of the monument.


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