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HISTORIC MONUMENTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 11

11.(1) A person shall not, save under and in accordance with a licence issued
by the Ministry under this section, dig or excavate in or under any land
(whether or not such digging or excavation involves the removal of the surface
of the land) for the purpose of searching generally for archaeological objects
or of searching for, exposing or examining any particular structure or thing
of archaeological interest.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Ministry may issue to any person a licence
to dig or excavate in or under any specified land for any specified
archaeological purpose.

(3) A person shall not, under the authority of a licence issued under this
section, enter on the land to which the licence relates except with the
consent of the occupier of the land and the owner (if the owner is known).

(4) Any person who digs or excavates in or under any land in contravention of
this section or of the terms and conditions of any licence issued thereunder
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding #50.

(5) A licence issued under this section shall not render lawful the doing of
anything which would be unlawful if this section had not been passed.

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